Brothers Trying to Profit Off Coronavirus Stuck With 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer

Brothers Trying to Profit Off Coronavirus Stuck With 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer
Empty shelves alerting customers to limited sales of antibacterial hand washes and sanitizer gels, inside a Boots store in London, England, on March 3, 2020. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
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Two brothers said they purchased thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer in an attempt to re-sell them for a higher profit amid the coronavirus outbreak, but they have since been banned from several prominent online platforms and are left with thousands of bottles with no place to offload them.

According to an interview with The New York Times, Matt and Noah Colvin drove around Kentucky and Tennessee to scoop up hand sanitizers and antibacterial wipes in U-Haul truck after the first U.S. coronavirus death was reported on March 1.
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