I have this lovely image of a tightwad who hasn't bought (say) Wednesday's paper, but now realises they need it to claim a big prize - running up & down a High Street desperately yelling "£5,000 for a Wednesday Mail" ... :)
sunnydave I have a similar vision, only in mine it's me because I went out too late in the day to get a newspaper and there were none left. Either my local shops have been getting in less papers or more people are currently buying them because I've had a couple of near misses where I've had to hit two supermarkets, two garages, and a local shop in order to get one.