Funny story about Coronavirus! In these trying times of health pandemic happening in the world with COVID-19, a man from Tennessee, United States, hoarded thousands of hand sanitizers, wet wipes, tissues, and other essential cleaning materials-- in order for him to sell it online for higher prices. However, it didn't turn out as he planned as Amazon, eBay, and other online stores prohibit price gouging. What will happen to his 17,700 hand sanitizers at home? He just donated it!
Coronavirus hoarder consequence: Man just donated sanitizers after not being able to sell them online!
What will happen if you're a hoarder, and people won't buy the things you just hoarded? As reported via New York Times, Tennessee brothers Matt and Noah Colvin shared a serious but funny story when the time they hoarded thousands of essential cleaning materials on all the stores they bumped in-- just to sell them online for higher prices and then donate them eventually.
On Mar. 1, the Colvin brothers started to traveled long trips just to buy all of the hand sanitizers, antibacterial wipes, and tissues that they had seen on stores. All of the stores that they visited were now out of stock with these essentials. After three days of hoarding stuff, Matt started to post on Amazon to sell all of their hoarded products for way higher prices. He started with 300 bottles of hand sanitizers, and all of them were immediately sold out between $8 prices up to $70 each bottle.
He described it is as 'crazy money.' After a day of selling overpriced bottles, Amazon tracked their account and pulled his items from the listings due to price gouging.
"It's been a huge amount of whiplash," he said. "From being in a situation where what I've 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?'"
What happens next to Colvin brothers? They donated their hoarded products!
After the Colvin brothers realized that they would no longer be able to sell the products online, and Attorney General from Tennessee began investigating them for price gouging, the brothers now want to donate all of them!
On Sunday morning, Matt drove to their local church and donated two-thirds of his stockpile of hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes into a box truck-- for the church to distribute to people in need across Tennessee. He also apologized to all the people that got angry with him after what he did.
"It was never my intention to keep necessary medical supplies out of the hands of people who needed them," he said, crying. "That's not who I am as a person. And all I've been told for the last 48 hours is how much of that person I am."
Tennessee government said that they would not tolerate these acts in their State, and proper repercussions will be charged against the brothers.
