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Here's where your hand sanitizer went
03-14-2020, 08:24 AM
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Here's where your hand sanitizer went
Two brothers in Tennessee with 17,700 bottles. Check this story out.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he...lvS?li=BBnb7Kz
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03-14-2020, 08:41 AM
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He could sell them for what he paid for them. Sadly Amazon is not doing crap. I saw a pint of 72% alcohol for $27 yesterday. I can buy everclear much cheaper and drink the leftovers.
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03-14-2020, 08:43 AM
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Eric, a truck driver from Ohio who spoke on the condition that his surname not be published because he feared Amazon would retaliate, said he had also collected about 10,000 masks at stores.
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A great example of the collision of profiteering vs. public good.
In my area local hospitals have no N95 masks. They are unable to purchase them and yet ERs remain open. Health care providers assume personal risk to treat others.
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03-14-2020, 09:43 AM
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These people are total scum. You can even get a mask at Home Depot or Lowes today to protect you from sand and dust when doing home projects. What are contractors who need these masks going to do?
People are also buying up toilet paper in bulk and re-selling them online with huge mark-ups.
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03-14-2020, 09:51 AM
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If he delivers his hoard to local hospitals gratis over the next few days maybe he'll stay alive and out of jail. I'm amazed he was willing to be identified in a national media outlet given how quickly public opinion can get ugly in an emergency.
Even if technically legal, driving to every store in a 1300 mile radius to clear out all the N95 masks in time of pandemic is truly a crime.
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03-14-2020, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Janet H
A great example of the collision of profiteering vs. public good.
In my area local hospitals have no N95 masks. They are unable to purchase them and yet ERs remain open. Health care providers assume personal risk to treat others.
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In my state, price gouging in a declared emergency (as is the case now) is illegal, and the Attorney General's office will prosecute violators. https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Pre...-(2).pdf?la=en
It is a very popular law and I expect that he will receive many complaints. Some other states have similar laws. If "Eric" the truck driver thinks Amazon is his main worry, he may be in for a rude awakening.
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03-14-2020, 10:03 AM
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Yeah we are a contracting company. We don't need the N95 masks every day. But this week we have a couple jobs that needed them. I was in a couple Home Depots and nothing. Our regular on line place was back ordered. I finally pulled in a favor at a paint store we have done some favors for. I was looking for a minimal amount...1 or 2 boxes of 15. He takes me to his office...you want 1 or 2 cases? A case is 10 boxes. I bought 1 case
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03-14-2020, 10:33 AM
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I happen to live in the same town with one of these profiteers. If I were him, I would be very nervous.
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03-14-2020, 10:37 AM
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Just like ticket scalpers, if no one did business with them their "business" would collapse immediately.
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03-14-2020, 10:40 AM
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As a health professional (retired, luckily), this makes me angry. Normally, OK to take a little profit, but in a time of pandemic, that kind of price gouge is criminal.
I wish he would donate it all, do a little good for society and redeem himself.
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03-14-2020, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Music Lover
Just like ticket scalpers, if no one did business with them their "business" would collapse immediately.
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It's pretty easy to ignore a scalper and just get worse seats, or maybe skip the game or show. Kinda different when it's a product that could save your family's life.
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03-14-2020, 10:56 AM
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These jerks should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And then persecuted by an angry mob.
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03-14-2020, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by atmsmshr
These jerks should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And then persecuted by an angry mob.
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Alas, torches and pitchforks are also sold out!
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03-14-2020, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by stepford
It's pretty easy to ignore a scalper and just get worse seats, or maybe skip the game or show. Kinda different when it's a product that could save your family's life.
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It's not hand sanitizer is the only option...soap works too.
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03-14-2020, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by atmsmshr
These jerks should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And then persecuted by an angry mob.
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It's against the law to buy hand sanitizer?
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03-14-2020, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by gailwinters
I happen to live in the same town with one of these profiteers. If I were him, I would be very nervous.
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Besides some folks just being pissed at him, criminals now can view him as a target to rob.
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03-14-2020, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Music Lover
It's against the law to buy hand sanitizer?
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If you buy 20,000 bottles of hand sanitizer solely for your personal use, you are an idiot and socially irresponsible, but you haven't broken the law. It is the resale at grossly inflated prices in a declared state of emergency that is illegal. It's called price gouging, and if I were still with the attorney general's office, it would be my great pleasure to prosecute them for it.
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03-14-2020, 11:41 AM
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Amazingly his address and phone are still listed on the interwebs. Let's see how long that lasts.
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03-14-2020, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Music Lover
It's against the law to buy hand sanitizer?
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It might actually be against the law.
I do know that if individuals collude to corner a market, they can get into trouble.
Remember the silver market in the 1980s?
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03-14-2020, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Music Lover
It's not hand sanitizer is the only option...soap works too.
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Soap works better. And a old washcloth and soap works better than TP.
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