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Lebronwon 03/14/20 12:54:07 PM #1: |
https://www.nytimes.com./2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-purell-wipes-amazon-sellers.html
On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States was announced, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin set out in a silver S.U.V. to pick up some hand sanitizer. Driving around Chattanooga, Tenn., they hit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart, a Staples and a Home Depot. At each store, they cleaned out the shelves. Over the next three days, Noah Colvin took a 1,300-mile road trip across Tennessee and into Kentucky, filling a U-Haul truck with thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and thousands of packs of antibacterial wipes, mostly from little hole-in-the-wall dollar stores in the backwoods, his brother said. The major metro areas were cleaned out. Matt Colvin stayed home near Chattanooga, preparing for pallets of even more wipes and sanitizer he had ordered, and starting to list them on Amazon. Mr. Colvin said he had posted 300 bottles of hand sanitizer and immediately sold them all for between $8 and $70 each, multiples higher than what he had bought them for. To him, it was crazy money. To many others, it was profiteering from a pandemic. The next day, Amazon pulled his items and thousands of other listings for sanitizer, wipes and face masks. The company suspended some of the sellers behind the listings and warned many others that if they kept running up prices, theyd lose their accounts. EBay soon followed with even stricter measures, prohibiting any U.S. sales of masks or sanitizer. Now, while millions of people across the country search in vain for hand sanitizer to protect themselves from the spread of the coronavirus, Mr. Colvin is sitting on 17,700 bottles of the stuff with little idea where to sell them. Its been a huge amount of whiplash, he said. From being in a situation where what Ive got coming and going could potentially put my family in a really good place financially to What the heck am I going to do with all of this? Mr. Colvin is one of probably thousands of sellers who have amassed stockpiles of hand sanitizer and crucial respirator masks that many hospitals are now rationing, according to interviews with eight Amazon sellers and posts in private Facebook and Telegram groups from dozens more. Amazon said it had recently removed hundreds of thousands of listings and suspended thousands of sellers accounts for price gouging related to the coronavirus. Amazon, eBay, Walmart and other online-commerce platforms are trying to stop their sellers from making excessive profits from a public health crisis. While the companies aimed to discourage people from hoarding such products and jacking up their prices, many sellers had already cleared out their local stores and started selling the goods online. https://i.imgur.com/Jwizt9E.jpg --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Turbam 03/14/20 12:55:24 PM #2: |
Massive loser gets BTFO
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Feetish 03/14/20 12:55:39 PM #3: |
Capitalism isnt for everyone.
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Lost_All_Senses 03/14/20 12:56:01 PM #4: |
Step 1. Fuck over everyone else
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Vicious_Dios 03/14/20 12:57:12 PM #5: |
17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and face masks on the wall, 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and face masks...
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Christian RULES 03/14/20 12:57:15 PM #6: |
RIP Man has died in a business shot down 97 hand sanitizers
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Irony 03/14/20 12:57:30 PM #7: |
Man: "Capitalism is harder than I thought"
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Awesome 03/14/20 12:58:56 PM #8: |
The government will raid his stuff
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E32005 03/14/20 1:00:41 PM #9: |
Vicious_Dios posted...
17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and face masks on the wall, 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and face masks... take one down, then price gouge, 17,699 bottles of hand sanitizer and face masks on the wall --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BettyWhite 03/14/20 1:01:04 PM #10: |
Hahaha.
Fuck this guy. Totally got what he deserved. --- Life is pain and misery beat skeet to asian street meat ... Copied to Clipboard!
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__aCEr__ 03/14/20 1:02:44 PM #11: |
Now he could atone for his douchebaggery by donating the stuff but it's all likely just gonna sit in a garage.
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CharlesBronson 03/14/20 1:03:38 PM #13: |
good looking at him standing there gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside
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eston 03/14/20 1:03:52 PM #14: |
He could always try selling it at a reasonable price. Even if he has to throw it all away he's already made a substantial profit before Amazon stopped him.
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JuanCarlos1 03/14/20 1:05:04 PM #15: |
Buy limits have got to be set during emergencies and they're sometimes done, so it baffles me seeing these pics of people buying dozens of toilet paper bags at a time. And the guy got what he deserved. Asshole.
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DevsBro 03/14/20 1:07:29 PM #16: |
Good job Amazon
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HBKick18 03/14/20 1:07:40 PM #17: |
Between pieces of shit like this guy and overreacting rich pricks, no wonder people in need can't buy simple groceries or necessary supplies.
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Lebronwon 03/14/20 1:08:08 PM #18: |
eston posted...
He could always try selling it at a reasonable price. Even if he has to throw it all away he's already made a substantial profit before Amazon stopped him. Yea. Dude even haggled for what he bought. Some defunct company was selling 2,000 face mask/hand sanitzer pandemic packs for $5. He talked them down to 3.50 and bought them all. Then resold the packs for $40-50 each. Sad thing is there are other people out there who did the same mentioned in article. Who cleared out stores and resold at higher prices. --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jabodie 03/14/20 1:08:34 PM #19: |
Fuck him tbh.
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BeyondWalls 03/14/20 1:08:38 PM #20: |
Good. Let this guy drown in debt and be a lesson to all the idiots who would follow him.
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meralonne 03/14/20 1:13:42 PM #21: |
Awesome posted...
The government will raid his stuff Perhaps the government should give him a fair price for it and distribute more fairly. Oh shit, thats socialist. Shoot him and take his shit. --- "Sigs are for dorks."-- my wife ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lebronwon 03/14/20 1:16:17 PM #23: |
Turbam posted...
Massive loser gets BTFO It should be mentioned many of these people had already made 25k+ profit by the time the online retailers shut them down. Guy in pic in OP made at least 73k profit just off the 2,000 face mask/hand sanitzer packs he sold. He cuts his loss and sells the stuff at a reasonable price like 50 cents to $1 above what he bought them for probably would make 100k profit from his hoarding. --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Flockaveli 03/14/20 1:35:31 PM #24: |
Back to selling crack.
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averagejoel 03/14/20 1:51:37 PM #26: |
I hope people are equally critical of the pharmaceutical companies trying to control the price on the eventual vaccine
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TheCodeisBosco 03/14/20 1:54:00 PM #27: |
Christian RULES posted...
RIP Man has died in a business shot down 97 hand sanitizers I've seen this meme format a couple times here, what's the context? --- The music was thud-like. The music was... thud-like. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lebronwon 03/14/20 1:56:28 PM #28: |
TheCodeisBosco posted...
I've seen this meme format a couple times here, what's the context? CE meme. Some guy's fan died and his topic became a meme. --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Austin_Era_II 03/14/20 2:03:41 PM #29: |
Make site on Shopify
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rodu_jr 03/14/20 2:06:25 PM #30: |
send the Saviors his way
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SauI_Goodman 03/14/20 2:08:01 PM #31: |
ahaha what a chump. get butt fucked chump!
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TheTestAccount 03/14/20 2:17:32 PM #32: |
Lebronwon posted...
It should be mentioned many of these people had already made 25k+ profit by the time the online retailers shut them down. Guy in pic in OP made at least 73k profit just off the 2,000 face mask/hand sanitzer packs he sold. He cuts his loss and sells the stuff at a reasonable price like 50 cents to $1 above what he bought them for probably would make 100k profit from his hoarding. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BathroomWater 03/14/20 2:22:05 PM #33: |
What an ass. I wish there were similar uproar when our agricultural industry threw away food daily to drive prices up.
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RchHomieQuanChi 03/14/20 2:34:22 PM #34: |
It turns out, people aren't THAT stupid
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nemu 03/14/20 2:35:57 PM #35: |
Hope he somehow did something illegal and he loses all his profit.
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Resaix 03/14/20 2:37:24 PM #36: |
Haha! What a piece of shit
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MabusIncarnate 03/14/20 2:38:10 PM #37: |
Fuck that guy, and what a moron for making this public and posting his pic, and releasing his name. RIP facebook page.
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BudDupree48 03/14/20 2:39:29 PM #38: |
Trashbag!
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sabin017 03/14/20 2:41:27 PM #39: |
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Prismsblade 03/14/20 2:43:24 PM #40: |
Are there no third party websites, or lesser none auction sites for them to utilize?
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Hambo the Hog 03/14/20 2:43:48 PM #41: |
Literally just park outside any walmart and instantly drown in cash. But yeah, that guy's a fucking asshole.
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Purple_Cheetah 03/14/20 2:59:42 PM #42: |
This is literally why we can't have nice things.
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VIIVincent 03/14/20 3:09:16 PM #43: |
Humanity have not changed. Taking advantage of people in their vulnerable state. This is a lesson to what's come. The Ebola virus was a heads up but this Corona virus shows people their true colors. Had this been a zombie outbreak...
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EffectAndCause 03/14/20 3:10:53 PM #44: |
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sonicteam2k1 03/14/20 3:11:53 PM #45: |
I just stumbled across this while googling. I came to post it but looks like I'm too late. But damn, that's kinda wild. I usually don't comment on stuff like this because I know i'm not perfect and I've done some shitty things but greed has NEVER been one of them. I love sharing and giving if i have it. This guy, just wow, the greed within him. And he has the nerve to play the victim.
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sonicteam2k1 03/14/20 3:12:47 PM #46: |
Hambo the Hog posted...
Literally just park outside any walmart and instantly drown in cash. But yeah, that guy's a fucking asshole. That's a bad idea. Especially after this story. People would rob and or hurt him. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KamenRiderBlade 03/14/20 3:13:11 PM #47: |
We need laws against price gouging and hording critical medical / sanitation supplies on this level.
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EffectAndCause 03/14/20 3:13:53 PM #48: |
Hambo the Hog posted...
Literally just park outside any walmart and instantly drown in cash. But yeah, that guy's a fucking asshole. Anyone doing this in public would get their ass beat for capitalizing on peoples desperation during a pandemic. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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sonicteam2k1 03/14/20 3:15:16 PM #49: |
EffectAndCause posted...
Anyone doing this in public would get their ass beat for capitalizing on peoples desperation during a pandemic. Someone could get angry enough and kill him because people are scared. And when they get scared, they act out. It would be sad to see. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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cmiller4642 03/14/20 3:51:18 PM #50: |
Fuck this motherfucker, he's someone who deserves to get COVID-19 along with his whole family.
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Smashingpmkns 03/14/20 3:54:28 PM #51: |
Fuck him. Hope he gets everything coming to him tbh
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lincoln002 03/14/20 4:22:06 PM #52: |
cmiller4642 posted...
Fuck this motherfucker, he's someone who deserves to get COVID-19 along with his whole family.Qft This guy and everyone like him deserve to go to jail. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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