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17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/14/20 08:03 PM
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https://sunriseread.com/matt-colvin...hand-sanitizer-to-sell-for-profit/63056/ Matt Colvin: 5 Things About Man Who Bought 17k Bottles Of Hand Sanitizer To Sell For Profit Matt Colvin is left with 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer after Amazon pulled the merchandise from their web site when he tried to promote them at excessive costs within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Matt Colvin, a person from Chattanooga, TN, admitted to buying over 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and promoting them at excessive costs to attempt to make an enormous revenue along with his brother Noah Colvin, within the midst of coronavirus fears, in a brand new interview with The New York Occasions. On Mar. 1, after the primary U.S. demise from the pandemic went public and the World Well being Group suggested folks to clean and sanitize their palms to stop the virus, the siblings set out throughout Tennessee and close by Kentucky of their silver SUV to buy as many bottles of the cleansing agent they may discover together with anti-bacterial wipes. They instantly put all of them up on the market on Amazon till the corporate pulled their gadgets and gave them a warning that their account could be deleted in the event that they saved promoting issues at increased and better costs. Now, the as soon as hopeful vendor, who's a former Air Power technical sergeant, is left with 17,700 bottles of the cleansing agent and nowhere to promote them. Listed here are 5 issues you need to learn about Matt and his controversial actions within the wake of the coronavirus that’s unfold to 137,000 folks worldwide and killed greater than 5,000. 1.) Earlier than Amazon pulled his itemizing, he was efficiently promoting the hand sanitizer. He and Noah offered the gadgets at costs between $eight and $70, as did many different sellers, however Amazon was fast to behave. eBay additionally did the identical factor for folks promoting the hand sanitizer on their web site as properly. READ Taika Waititi and Jude Law Team for New TV Sequence: The Auteur 2.) He’s gotten a whole lot of adverse suggestions on social media. After he admitted to attempting to make a revenue off the hand sanitizer within the wake of the coronavirus, Matt and Noah had been known as out by quite a few offended individuals who claimed they had been inflicting an pointless scarcity and taking away the helpful product from individuals who might actually use it. “Matt and Noah Colvin: verifiable items of s*it. They're at present hoarding over 17,000 bottles of hand sanitizer. They need to be prosecuted for gouging,” one offended tweet learn. “Congratulations to Matt and Noah Colvin for securing their place in historical past as a few of the most egocentric a**holes ever. I hope you endure from this despicable act,” one other learn. Others weren’t as harsh and provided to offer them a good worth if he agreed to donate the bottles to individuals who don’t have any. “Hey Matt Colvin – this can be a actual provide. I’ll pay you a good worth to donate a few of these. I’m certain others will as properly. Don’t be an [censored],” a 3rd tweet learn. Shortly after his NYT article was printed, Matt advised the outlet he was exploring methods to donate the bottles.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/14/20 08:25 PM
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/14/20 08:52 PM
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Wonder what country the person who wrote that is from. Some odd use of words made it difficult to read.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/14/20 09:18 PM
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Matt Clovin is an idiot.
Matt Colvin is left with 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer after Amazon pulled the merchandise from their web site when he tried to promote them at excessive costs within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Matt Colvin, a person from Chattanooga, TN, admitted to buying over 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and promoting them at excessive costs to attempt to make an enormous revenue along with his brother Noah Colvin, within the midst of coronavirus fears, in a brand new interview with The New York Occasions. On Mar. 1, after the primary U.S. demise from the pandemic went public and the World Well being Group suggested folks to clean and sanitize their palms to stop the virus, the siblings set out throughout Tennessee and close by Kentucky of their silver SUV to buy as many bottles of the cleansing agent they may discover together with anti-bacterial wipes. They instantly put all of them up on the market on Amazon till the corporate pulled their gadgets and gave them a warning that their account could be deleted in the event that they saved promoting issues at increased and better costs. Now, the as soon as hopeful vendor, who's a former Air Power technical sergeant, is left with 17,700 bottles of the cleansing agent and nowhere to promote them.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/14/20 10:46 PM
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I bet he could set up at the road entrance to my local Walmart and sell them all in a weekend for 3 times what he bought them for.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/14/20 11:49 PM
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......take one down pass it around.....
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 12:20 AM
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 04:25 AM
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Huge difference between capitalism and gouging, they were gouging......
Wealth is of the heart and mind and not of the pocket
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 01:43 PM
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Meh, he gambled and lost. That’s the way it goes.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 01:45 PM
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Meh, he gambled and lost. That’s the way it goes. Yeah he lost big time.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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#7772840
03/15/20 03:09 PM
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Huge difference between capitalism and gouging, they were gouging...... Nope. Hand sanitizer is not a necessity.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 03:16 PM
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Huge difference between capitalism and gouging, they were gouging...... Nope. Hand sanitizer is not a necessity. According to Ebay, Amazon, and even Attorney General Ken Paxton, raising prices on items to prevent the spread of an infectious disease in the wake of a pandemic is price gouging.
Wealth is of the heart and mind and not of the pocket
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 03:19 PM
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Meh, he gambled and lost. That’s the way it goes. Yeah he lost big time. He can still sell it and at least get his money back. Only not on Amazon. Some are selling it on Craigslist. There still folks overpricing it on Amazon. This guy was picked out of the crowd.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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#7772864
03/15/20 03:30 PM
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There still folks overpricing it on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hand+sanitizer&crid=1AHIUC4UTP8RW&sprefix=hand%2Caps%2C265&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_4 Prices are not too bad, not like they were. Folks listing travel size for $35
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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#7772890
03/15/20 04:01 PM
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He could go to CL and easily make 1-1/2 to 2 times his investment. That's not gouging IMO.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 04:28 PM
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Huge difference between capitalism and gouging, they were gouging......
Nope. Hand sanitizer is not a necessity. According to Ebay, Amazon, and even Attorney General Ken Paxton, raising prices on items to prevent the spread of an infectious disease in the wake of a pandemic is price gouging. Okay. According to that, it fits the definition. According to true capitalism, it does not, and I prefer capitalism over government interference. Now, a company can choose and enforce its own policies as it wants to. I’d just rather the government kept its nose out of it.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 05:34 PM
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He wasn't holding a gun to anyone's head! But it if you really want it, what you pay is on you.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 08:38 PM
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He tried to take advantage of others in a high demand, low supply environment caused by a pandemic situation, legit or not, no different than others during hurricanes or floods attempting to sell gas at $10 a gallon. Real ingenuity is inventing or capitalizing during non-hardship times; glad they effectively killed his ruse. Good for all consumers. Capitalism is best served in "fair" supply and demand times.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 10:15 PM
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He went and cleaned out all the rural dollar stores in a 1300 mile trip, so he could triple the price on the chit. Like I said he gambled and lost F him
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 10:37 PM
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He donated the remaining product to try to not get prosecuted.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 10:59 PM
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Prosecuted for what? I didn’t see him do anything illegal, unethical maybe, but not illegal.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/15/20 11:27 PM
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Prosecuted for what? I didn’t see him do anything illegal, unethical maybe, but not illegal. Tennessee Price-Gouging Act of 2002 (Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-5101 et seq.) Tennessee’s price gouging laws make it unlawful for individuals and businesses to charge unreasonable prices for essential goods and services, including gasoline, in direct response to a disaster regardless of whether the emergency occurred in Tennessee or elsewhere. The price gouging law makes it unlawful to charge a price that is grossly in excess of the price charged prior to the emergency.
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/16/20 04:21 AM
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Just saw on local news, that the government confiscated all of his hand sanitizer, and it will be donated to the needy!!
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Re: 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
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03/16/20 11:38 AM
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Just saw on local news, that the government confiscated all of his hand sanitizer, and it will be donated to the needy!! Great, only a real douche would take extreme advantage of a national emergency situation to advance his/her personal objectives.
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