Tennessee AG cracks down on men who hoarded thousands of sanitizer bottles amid shopper scare

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As cleaning supplies and hand sanitizer fly off grocery store shelves in a rush of coronavirus panic shopping, two Tennessee men are being ordered to stop hoarding and reselling in-demand products online.

Noah Colvin, of Hixson, Tennessee, took a 1,300-mile road trip in early March across Tennessee and Kentucky, racking up thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer to resell online.

Meanwhile, his brother Matt stayed at home, waiting for pallets of antibacterial wipes and even more sanitizer to be shipped, according to a New York Times article.

The two then sold sanitizer online at a steep markup — $8 to $70 a pop. But Amazon quickly removed their listings amid a larger effort to stop coronavirus-related price gouging.

Now, the brothers reportedly have more than 17,000 bottles of hand sanitizer and nowhere to go — and two attorneys general who demand they stop buying more.

On Saturday night, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III announced his office had ordered the Colvins to stop buying and selling while they're investigated for price gouging.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tennessee-ag-cracks-down-on-men-who-hoarded-thousands-of-sanitizer-bottles-amid-shopper-scare/ar-BB11dK4q?li=BBnbcA1

[Phoenix61]

1. Good! Hope they nail the little weasels. nt

[getagrip_already]

2. at last report, it had been "collected" under supervision of ag's office

to be donated to local groups.

Hopefully they will also get fined under profiteering laws for all the stuff they did manage to sell.

[Sherman A1]

4. I think these two need to spend some time

working in grocery stores for the next 2 months. I think some dedicated stocking of bottled water pallets would be a nice activity to work off that price gouging enthusiasm.

[SCantiGOP]

3. A simple deal can be reached here:

Donate all of your stock to your state Emergency Services Office or State Health Department and we won’t pursue criminal charges.

on edit: while I was typing, getagrip was explaining that this has already been done.
Bravo.

[CanonRay]

5. Good. A year in jail and a million dollar fine sounds about right