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On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin set out in a silver S.U.V. to pick up some hand sanitizer. Driving around Chattanooga, Tenn., they hit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart, a Staples and a Home Depot. At each store, they cleaned out the shelves. Over the next three days, Noah Colvin took a 1,300-mile road trip across Tennessee and into Kentucky, filling a U-Haul truck with thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and thousands of packs of antibacterial wipes, mostly from “little hole-in-the-wall dollar stores in the backwoods,” his brother said. “The major metro areas were cleaned out.” Matt Colvin stayed home near Chattanooga, preparing for pallets of even more wipes and sanitizer he had ordered, and starting to list them on Amazon. Mr. Colvin said he had posted 300 bottles of hand sanitizer and immediately sold them all for between $8 and $70 each, multiples higher than what he had bought them for. To him, “it was crazy money.” To many others, it was profiteering from a pandemic. The next day, Amazon pulled his items and thousands of other listings for sanitizer, wipes and face masks. The company suspended some of the sellers behind the listings and warned many others that if they kept running up prices, they’d lose their accounts. EBay soon followed with even stricter measures, prohibiting any U.S. sales of masks or sanitizer. Now, while millions of people across the country search in vain for hand sanitizer to protect themselves from the spread of the coronavirus, Mr. Colvin is sitting on 17,700 bottles of the stuff with little idea where to sell them. “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?’” ... Then the companies, pressured by growing criticism from regulators and customers, cracked down. After the measures last week, Amazon went further on Wednesday, restricting sales of any coronavirus-related products from certain sellers. “Price gouging is a clear violation of our policies, unethical, and in some areas, illegal,” Amazon said in a statement. “In addition to terminating these third party accounts, we welcome the opportunity to work directly with states attorneys general to prosecute bad actors.” Mr. Colvin, 36, a former Air Force technical sergeant, said he started selling on Amazon in 2015, developing it into a six-figure career by selling Nike shoes and pet toys, and by following trends
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mlmp08 posted:The A&M Corps of Cadets is weird. I deployed with a guy who would not shut the gently caress up about going to Texas A&M. Of course he was in the Corps of Cadets. The following events took place over the course of a year: 1. He proposed to his girlfriend before he left for pre-mob. 2. He received a "Dear John" letter before his first tax exempt paycheck. 3. Two weeks later, he saw his ex-fiancé was in a relationship with a guy on Facebook 4. He was placed on suicide watch 5. He spent 2 months watching Friday Night Lights and crying because it reminded him of Texas 6. He bought a house sight unseen because "renting is just throwing money away" 7. He bought his own OCPs and had them shipped 8. He went back to Texas A&M 9. He got a VA rating for PTSD 10. He proposed to some other 19 year old
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Oct 28, 2020 01:48
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I would be interested in a reprinting and will likely but extra copies to give out as gifts
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Mr. Nice! posted:A&M's corps of cadets are not all ROTC and the majority of them will never be in the military. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-51_4EOtXYE Wait, so the majority of people in that crowd are doing this for....fun?
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VanSandman posted:The aggies are dipshits of the highest order. I have to assume they think the "leadership development" part of that looks good on resumes or something. Holy poo poo if someone told me they went through that for fun in a job interview I would immediately end it and make sure they don't accidently eat paint chips on the way out.
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Wild T posted:Back, and through the left nut 
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Midjack posted:Do they really intend for that to be worn in combat? The Army tells its soldiers to get their faces ready for the new Clothed Orifice Concealer for Combatent Kinetics. The Clothed Orifice Concealer for Combatent Kinetics will be issued with an appropriate holster. For safety, newly issued regulations will require the Clothed Orifice Concealer for Combatent Kinetics Holster to be shut unless authorized.
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I think this is the thread for thisThat Works posted:Silver lining In 2011, my entire squadron was talking about silver in the same way everyone is talking about gamestonk now. One lieutenant, who I'm pretty sure had a degree in like, history, wrote a newsletter about silver trading options. There was a conservative bent to it all, because those drat [democrats] in Washington were spending all of our money and we would need to wheelbarrow "fiat" money to get bread soon. They convinced my NCOIC, who had north of 15k in student loans at 3.5% APR, to shovel 10k in deployment money at, and I'm not exaggerating, the peak of that 2011 run. He losted roughly half his investment in 3 months. He wasnt alone, half the squadron officers lost north of 10k.
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The Rat posted:How does that compare to the guys who bought a bunch of Iraqi dinars? It always seemed like a bad idea to me, but more than a few guys on my former contracts dumped cash into them. I knew a captain that bought into the Iraqi Dinar scam. He had the audiotape of "Art of the Deal" playing in his V6 Camero on the way to lunch once.
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I had to look up this guy to figure out of this was ironyposting. It was not. It also screams "current or retired SnCO"
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:Warning: Abuse related (it's a court hearing on zoom) DA on point there. She recognized the body language first so when the defendant looked to the side she knew he was there. Also the cop calling in units once he learned the address unprompted. Also the judge protecting the record once he realized this recording would be used as evidence for new charges. Proffesionals working in concert. Feels like an Aaron Sorkin movie.
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The prosecutions faces are priceless
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I had to train a late thirties cross trainee from a non technical field. She was okay at the material but training her was a chore because she smelled like cat piss and didn't wash her hair. I brought this up to superiors but nobody wanted to bother because they weren't in close enough proximity to care. So as a 21 year old I had to give the hygiene talk to a woman who could have been my mother. She did LARPing on the weekends.
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There are Nazi soldiers buried at Normandy. This should make everyone here happy: https://time.com/2826794/at-d-day-commemoration-few-mourn-the-wars-losers/
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:There's a gender reveal party involved in all this, because of course there loving is. Family Oriented! Sccssfully navigated complex communicatn structures to increase family spprt group mbershp by 600%. Promote now!
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I sent a 24 year old E3 to make coffee once and the fire department had to get involved.
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madeintaipei posted:Oh, sorry. Slow Walk in a Sad Rain, by John P. McAffee. Written partly to alleviate bad memories of being SF in the Vietnam War. Raw, very raw. If you told me this was written by THE John McAffee (of antivirus and whalefucking fame) it would explain alot of things.
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Internet Wizard posted:Pretty sure making a political statement like that in uniform is also gonna have consequences, staff sausage After going down the #letsgobrandon rabbithole....lmao this guy aint thinking about his family here.
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Phanatic posted:Sailors have a strong historic association with all things venereal.
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Jimmy Smuts posted:Being that we act this dumb and hosed up, I can only imagine the wild stories that come out of the Russian military https://mobile.twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1518615779985534978 Thr "3 SIMS" story explains alot to me about how things are done in Russia. I just noticed the green wig. Who is disguising themselves with a green wig
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A.o.D. posted:They call that a loving saber? Man, the USAF really can't do swords at all.  AF out here fighting Sephiroth for your freedom and this is the thanks they get.
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The sand is sourced downwind of Chernobyl.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Please enjoy this delightful bit of light reading If you're wondering why this guy is an E-3 at 50 something years old, it's because he got out like 30 years ago and still decided to put on the uniform for his wedding day. This might seem minor compared to *gestures vaguely*, but I think it is the best window into the brain space of these people.
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quote:"It was a trail of tears and douche bag cars," said a Special Forces member who witnessed the scene late last week while each soldier stopped for questioning had their vehicle parked along the street. This person needs an account here.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Here's an idiot story from Reddit's "Am I the rear end in a top hat" advice forum: Yea babe stay there for the next 14 years, I got you.
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