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Coronavirus: Tennessee Man Who Hoarded 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer Donates Them
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March 17, 2020

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A Tennessee man’s idea of collecting 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and then selling them online turned out to be a washout. Now, he is making a clean break, donating them so to people in need can receive the supplies.
Matt Colvin, an Amazon seller from Chattanooga, Tennessee, donated two-thirds of the supplies Sunday to an area church, just as the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office began investigating him for alleged price gouging, The New York Times reported.
Colvin helped church volunteers load the sanitizers and antibacterial wipes into a truck. Officials from the attorney general’s office took the rest of the items and plan to give them to the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office since Colvin bought some of the products in that state, the newspaper reported.
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