Why the London Evening Standard is rarer than hen's teeth

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I leave the office at 6pm every evening and walk about 10 minutes down
Victoria Street to Victoria train station.

Not a long walk, but a fairly busy one. Since the Standard went free,
it's almost impossible to find a copy until I get to the station,
where I have to scrabble in one of the Metro bins and avoid being
knocked down by a horde of other busy commuters.

I find it hard to understand why it's more difficult to find a copy of
the Standard now it's gone free and there are apparently more copies
out there.

It's easier to pick up a copy of the Big Issue.