I've tried to identify accounts from a sales thread before, but so far I couldn't do it.
There aren't that many users who earned 17 Merit. Yesterday's data:
1702. 17 Merit received by tungfa (#248202) from 3 unique users in 3 transactions
1703. 17 Merit received by swordfish6975 (#100319) from 4 unique users in 4 transactions
1704. 17 Merit received by susila_bai (#550307) from 2 unique users in 3 transactions
1705. 17 Merit received by sulendra12 (#785581) from 6 unique users in 8 transactions
1706. 17 Merit received by shield132 (#841337) from 10 unique users in 10 transactions
1707. 17 Merit received by o0o0 (#390550) from 2 unique users in 4 transactions
1708. 17 Merit received by moneva (#1135313) from 5 unique users in 7 transactions
1709. 17 Merit received by maxamus (#99302) from 2 unique users in 2 transactions
1710. 17 Merit received by maro159 (#1517757) from 4 unique users in 4 transactions
1711. 17 Merit received by markj113 (#95989) from 11 unique users in 11 transactions
1712. 17 Merit received by maarx (#261274) from 9 unique users in 12 transactions
1713. 17 Merit received by luckygames (#924703) from 6 unique users in 7 transactions
1714. 17 Merit received by leowonderful (#416731) from 7 unique users in 11 transactions
1715. 17 Merit received by lego17 (#1159476) from 1 unique users in 3 transactions
1716. 17 Merit received by lavajumper (#94331) from 4 unique users in 15 transactions
1717. 17 Merit received by kusumadewi (#388305) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
1718. 17 Merit received by kumiskura (#962943) from 8 unique users in 10 transactions
1719. 17 Merit received by kazoubg1 (#1080361) from 3 unique users in 3 transactions
1720. 17 Merit received by kaigeta (#1045435) from 9 unique users in 9 transactions
1721. 17 Merit received by imking (#1135347) from 9 unique users in 9 transactions
1722. 17 Merit received by hubballi (#640438) from 2 unique users in 3 transactions
1723. 17 Merit received by hidrocop (#999147) from 6 unique users in 6 transactions
1724. 17 Merit received by hell_slayer (#1196028) from 9 unique users in 10 transactions
1725. 17 Merit received by ghonkz (#966999) from 3 unique users in 3 transactions
1726. 17 Merit received by generalizethis (#376245) from 10 unique users in 12 transactions
1727. 17 Merit received by fulmetal08larz (#1113460) from 3 unique users in 4 transactions
1728. 17 Merit received by emirsener (#1389291) from 13 unique users in 13 transactions
1729. 17 Merit received by elma (#167310) from 4 unique users in 5 transactions
1730. 17 Merit received by deort (#1204320) from 8 unique users in 8 transactions
1731. 17 Merit received by cynical (#1128323) from 10 unique users in 12 transactions
1732. 17 Merit received by cryptohunter (#92110) from 12 unique users in 12 transactions
1733. 17 Merit received by cotiniber (#2014996) from 8 unique users in 9 transactions
1734. 17 Merit received by coinforumgentr (#1521428) from 10 unique users in 10 transactions
1735. 17 Merit received by chimk (#1202061) from 8 unique users in 16 transactions
1736. 17 Merit received by bitmonstr (#324041) from 1 unique users in 2 transactions
1737. 17 Merit received by apimembership (#1023367) from 9 unique users in 15 transactions
1738. 17 Merit received by Zwei (#2004043) from 11 unique users in 12 transactions
1739. 17 Merit received by Voron7 (#1081741) from 11 unique users in 12 transactions
1740. 17 Merit received by Token_King (#1893109) from 1 unique users in 3 transactions
1741. 17 Merit received by TWISTdeveloper (#1399011) from 8 unique users in 8 transactions
1742. 17 Merit received by SidETH (#1024340) from 12 unique users in 14 transactions
1743. 17 Merit received by Rimus (#875786) from 9 unique users in 10 transactions
1744. 17 Merit received by Real-Duke (#405482) from 12 unique users in 13 transactions
1745. 17 Merit received by Protected101 (#1092460) from 5 unique users in 7 transactions
1746. 17 Merit received by P9tosya (#1828563) from 11 unique users in 12 transactions
1747. 17 Merit received by Old God (#989041) from 7 unique users in 15 transactions
1748. 17 Merit received by Mysticus (#975852) from 3 unique users in 3 transactions
1749. 17 Merit received by Mr.Coinzer (#965370) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
1750. 17 Merit received by KryptoKash (#344915) from 3 unique users in 6 transactions
1751. 17 Merit received by Krasnoarmeec (#916634) from 4 unique users in 4 transactions
1752. 17 Merit received by KWH (#70535) from 9 unique users in 12 transactions
1753. 17 Merit received by JanpriX (#561804) from 8 unique users in 8 transactions
1754. 17 Merit received by ItsZeroLimit (#1809400) from 8 unique users in 8 transactions
1755. 17 Merit received by HunterV (#1405345) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
1756. 17 Merit received by Heyyyrenz (#1005172) from 11 unique users in 12 transactions
1757. 17 Merit received by Gustavo Livecoins (#1879698) from 10 unique users in 13 transactions
1758. 17 Merit received by Gerhald (#381304) from 8 unique users in 11 transactions
1759. 17 Merit received by GeniusAko (#1020270) from 4 unique users in 4 transactions
1760. 17 Merit received by Gabrieelle (#1022462) from 5 unique users in 5 transactions
1761. 17 Merit received by GPUHoarder (#1897428) from 4 unique users in 14 transactions
1762. 17 Merit received by Demirung (#1198793) from 3 unique users in 5 transactions
1763. 17 Merit received by Coins4Days (#1218827) from 8 unique users in 10 transactions
1764. 17 Merit received by Calm (#1780113) from 1 unique users in 3 transactions
1765. 17 Merit received by BitcoinHodler (#560256) from 10 unique users in 10 transactions
1766. 17 Merit received by Bitbobb (#862282) from 4 unique users in 6 transactions
1767. 17 Merit received by BillyBobZorton (#381045) from 12 unique users in 16 transactions
1768. 17 Merit received by Artemsv (#833799) from 2 unique users in 6 transactions
1769. 17 Merit received by Anon11073 (#969327) from 6 unique users in 11 transactions
1770. 17 Merit received by AlisaWhishie (#1704226) from 5 unique users in 5 transactions
1771. 17 Merit received by Alex9813 (#910355) from 5 unique users in 6 transactions
1772. 17 Merit received by Achargeturry78 (#773045) from 1 unique users in 1 transactions
I used my scraped profile data, which started on May 4. This is inaccurate to use now. I don't want to check further now, Quickseller's statement makes it likely it's just fake data anyway.