Tennessee Brothers Who Stockpiled & Price Gouged 18K Sanitizer Bottles Are Now Donating
Tennessee brothers Matt and Noah Colvin are now donating their stockpiled 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer after they initially price gouged them on Amazon, which led to an investigation by the Attorney General.
On March 1, the day after the first US coronavirus death was reported, as Matt prepared for supplies they’d ordered, Noah drove around Chattanooga scooping up additional products; then took a 1,300-mile-trip (over three days) around the rest of the state and Kentucky, filling up a rented truck.
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Subsequent to receiving a cease-and-desist from Amazon, condemning them for charging unreasonable prices for sanitizer, masks and other items, the brothers began to consider donating the products; which some were reportedly listed at $70 each.
Additionally, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Director of Communications, Samantha Fisher, states, “I just want to make clear that donating the sanitizers does not mean they are off the hook legally. If evidence establishes they engaged in price gouging we will seek appropriate penalties.”
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“I just want to make clear that donating the sanitizers does not mean they are off the hook legally. If evidence establishes they engaged in price gouging we will seek appropriate penalties.”- Samantha Fisher, Director of Communications,
Tennessee Attorney General.
@WRCB https://t.co/OWXFpXvSsU— Hunter Hoagland (@HunterHoagland) March 15, 2020
HAPPENING NOW: Matt did not answer our calls so we went to his storage unit. The AG’s office was on the scene facilitating with the donation. This is the 3rd stop they’ve been to this morning to gather the sanitizer.
@WRCB https://t.co/SLOaEwJLOj pic.twitter.com/REJPNhiSbS— Hunter Hoagland (@HunterHoagland) March 15, 2020