🇫🇷 People went MENTAL, fighting over fans and air conditioners in Chambray-lès-Tours, France
Over half the country is under red alerts, with temperatures exceeding 40°C in places!!
Writer: Ian
German air conditioner crisis explained:
Germany is currently in the midst of an intolerable heat wave. Due to regulations, it is extremely difficult to install air conditioning in Germany as a renter and in many cases you are not allowed to do it. Enter: the Midea Portasplit.
This is the air conditioner everyone wants because it will effectively cool your apartment and doesn't require you to drill a hole in the wall. Originall 800€, prices climbed to 1000€ due to demand. Then 1500€ as stocks at all major retailers vanished. People created an app that shows the locations of all known Portasplits with the option to pay to subscribe to an alert list that would notify you when one became available. Now the prices are at 1999€, none are available in stores, so your only hope is to buy them scalped.
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