This British Colombia couple, one of whom is Dan Marcotte of Dan-Mel (a moving company), bought out an entire Save On Foods meat section March 14th, 2020, in Lake Country. This totaled up to two shopping carts full of only meat.
Since March 20th, the couple reportedly has started feeling unsafe from their sudden viral exposure, even allegedly receiving death threats. Dan Marcotte has stated he sent a $1,000 donation to the Lake Country Food Bank after this incident, although this is so far unconfirmed, and this writer would like to take the time to point out that a donation of food (perhaps some of that meat that will undoubtedly go bad before being eaten by what is apparently two or three people) would have been of more immediate help.
On March 1st, 2020, Matt and Noah Colvin (Matt pictured above) set out in their S.U.V to specifically clean out the shelves of antibacterial wipes, cleaners and hand sanitizers of every Chattanooga, Tennessee store they could. This was a day after the first Wuhan Virus death in the United States was reported. Noah then went on a three day, 1.3k mile trip around Tennessee and Kentucky to gather as much antibacterial products as possible, renting out a UHaul truck in the process.
This was an apparently baffling development to both brothers, and they now sit on seventeen thousand and seven hundred various antibacterial products, unsure of what to do with them. They may also be in legal trouble, as Tennessee has a law against price gouging.
Other persons of note related to this particular kind of hoarding are Chris Anderson in central Pennsylvania, who had his friend drive around Ohio to buy ten thousand face masks, with coupons. Mr. Anderson is also sitting on 500 packs of antibacterial wipes, and twenty five thousand dollars in profit. "Eric" from central Ohio is also of note, as he too collected ten thousand face masks, thirty five to forty thousand dollars in profit, and a thousand more masks on order, despite being unsure where to sell them.
This unidentified woman, apparently living in Los Angeles, California, bought out an entire Dollar Tree of all of their paper products. Toiler paper, napkins, tissues...everything. She happily chirps "Hiii!" to the woman filming, and also chants "Go Donald Trump!" towards the end of the video (here). It's unknown if she meant this as a tactic to annoy or not, but the current president has urged citizens not to panic buy or hoard. If she is planning on reselling, she may end up in the same situation as the Colvin brothers above, due to various laws regarding price gouging (especially during a national emergency); in California, Penal Code Section 396 states you cannot raise the price of many consumer goods and services more then 10% after an emergency has been declared.
