"He has 17,700 bottles of Handsanitizer and nowhere to sell them"..................

[mansons2005]

New York Times article about The sad tale of a guy who just wanted to make a buck...............

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-purell-wipes-amazon-sellers.html 

Is it any wonder the stores were sold out and old folks (such as myself) couldn't purchase any???

[dogofwar777]

LOL!!!

[gamersbaystore]

Yep, and the most disgusting part about it is the fact this guy knew his actions put others lives on the line. Some humans are truly evil. Even in the article, the guy tries to act like he's the victim and he did nothing wrong. I'm glad he lost all his money, and I honestly hope Amazon gives him the boot for good.

[sodelight]

The self centeredness and outright greed of some people never ceases to amaze me! Simply pathetic and disgusting.

It's bad enough to buy them up locally and leave none for others in need. But to drive 1300 miles with the intent of cleaning out the shelves of every possible store is truly obscene!

If ebay hadn't banned the selling of them here due to price gouging, the executive order regarding such during this crisis would have. It's 'business plans' like these losers had that forced ebay to ban the sale of them before the National emergency declaration.

Maybe they should have put their time and money into a business plan that doesn't rely on a pandemic and world wide crisis to make some $. But of course that would be too difficult for selfish losers.

[inhawaii]

Who cares that people really need that stuff? 

At least he wasn't able to price gouge on ebay!

We're all  happy about that!  😃

[andrew547]

LOL

When this emergency is over he can start recouping his losses by selling them on ebay...

at market price...

one at a time, order after order, day after day...

for the next 15 years.

[sodelight]

His "Family Man" t-shirt and ' poor pitiful me' look on his face is such a farce! A true family man wouldn't take advantage of this situation and price gouge other families!!

Backfire!!

[swappart]

States should make it illegal to buy excessive amounts of anything during states of emergency, and stores should be held accountable if they allow excessive amounts to be purchased. It's not difficult to distinguish between the person buying for personal use, and the one buying for profit. 

[jimandgail]

There are still tons of hand sanitizers on Ebay for ridiculous prices. Looks like there's no one stopping them🙁

[angwjea]

there making a killing on that stuff 100 bucks cash . those  buyers are so stupid 

[chapeau-noir]

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@18704d wrote:

I read the article too, but I don't see where he got what he deserved?

If I read it right, he's already made thousands upon thousands of dollars of profit already, even factoring in his initial investement to buy them all.

Right?

Lynn

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Mostly trying to get rid of a huge amount of deadstock in what soon will be an either normalized or flooded market.

[valuestore]

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@angwjea wrote:

there making a killing on that stuff 100 bucks cash . those  buyers are so stupid 

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So your saying its not his fault its the buyers? 

[equid0x]

I will take 1000 bottles at $1/bottle and send a freighter to get it. 

Maybe you can't sell it here, but I know where to sell it. 

[yuzuha]

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@hawkwind5454 wrote:

When did hand-washing and having hand sanitizer around, fall out of fashion? I learned long ago that if you have those items, along with some Lysol spray, in your cupboards at all times, you will be ready for whatever comes down the pike. It's the same as if there was an aspirin shortage... Who doesn't have at least one bottle in the medicine cabinet, on hand, at all times. I even have hand sanitizer in my car and always have had. I can't imagine a gas pump handle is any too sanitary.

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I have never once used hand sanitizer in my life.  I work retail and use public transportation exclusively because I do not own a car, yet I have only had one cold in the past eight years.  I simply use PROPER hand-washing procedures and make it a point to avoid touching my face.

Doctors are explicitly saying that proper hand-washing is actually MORE effective at combating the virus than hand sanitizer is.  You don't need hand sanitizer at all, you just need to make sure you wash your hands properly.  Apparently this is extremely difficult for a lot of people to grasp.

[equid0x]

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@yuzuha wrote:

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@hawkwind5454 wrote:

When did hand-washing and having hand sanitizer around, fall out of fashion? I learned long ago that if you have those items, along with some Lysol spray, in your cupboards at all times, you will be ready for whatever comes down the pike. It's the same as if there was an aspirin shortage... Who doesn't have at least one bottle in the medicine cabinet, on hand, at all times. I even have hand sanitizer in my car and always have had. I can't imagine a gas pump handle is any too sanitary.

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I have never once used hand sanitizer in my life.  I work retail and use public transportation exclusively because I do not own a car, yet I have only had one cold in the past eight years.  I simply use PROPER hand-washing procedures and make it a point to avoid touching my face.

Doctors are explicitly saying that proper hand-washing is actually MORE effective at combating the virus than hand sanitizer is.  You don't need hand sanitizer at all, you just need to make sure you wash your hands properly.  Apparently this is extremely difficult for a lot of people to grasp.

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Agree. I also do not buy or use hand sanitizer, unless I am in a situation where no running water is available. 

Those recommendations don't even include soap. Running your hands under running water for 20 seconds is sufficient. 

[magbenv0]

Is it any wonder the stores were sold out and old folks (such as myself) couldn't purchase any???

If you're anywhere near Central PA,will give you some home-made sanitizer for free. It came out quite well&am passing it around (good kharma). Plus I guess I lucked out in my rural area, no Uhauls drove thru&cleaned out all the "mom&pop" stores...yet. Keep forgetting to ask the Amish when out&about what they do/use,they might have better home-remedies for such.🕊️