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A Tennessee man who stockpiled 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer donated all of the supplies on Sunday. -- (link)

Posted by budice Mar 15 '20, 16:31

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https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1239329767213748225 (twitter.com)

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I can’t read the article, so this may be mentioned, but wasn’t he shut down/forced to donate it? It wasn’t out of the goodness of his heart. -- nm - kelly Mar 15, 16:55 3
- His intent was to gouge, but on-line retailers shut him down. Then the news story ran and the public backlash force him to donate. -- nm - TWuG Mar 15, 17:15
- I am not 100% sure, he might have made some overture about donating and then the AG stepped in and made sure it really happened. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 16:59 1
  - I think he was trying to make a deal after the AG stepped-in, saving face re: donations. That he said he didn’t intend to keep it out of the hands of - i.b.! Mar 15, 17:29
Oh, no, poor guy! He lost everything. *tears roll from my eyes* - Marlowe Mar 15, 16:54
He’s gonna have a very bad night. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 16:34 2
- He had a bad night last night. The NY Times article with his name ran yesterday I believe -- nm - Volnelk Mar 15, 16:43
- If it was just toilet paper, maybe it would've gone differently for him. If it didn't sell, at least he'd have had enough left to deal with his shit. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 16:42

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