All fans sold – they managed to sell their last expensive

The heat took Sweden into a tight grip in the summer of 2018.

A consequence of this was that household fans sold – and became hard currency.

– It's over now. Maria Elmgren, market coordinator at Elgiganten, said earlier .

Mediamarkt also increased its e-commerce sales by just over 480% in the air-conditioning category in June.

On Facebook, the Swedes desperately searched after fans of light and lantern.

The owner Joakim Karlsson found an old dusty and forgotten fan in the store while he was looking for something completely different, that SVT also noted .

A fan that they had already tried to sell half the price without anyone having a night.

– We probably had this fan for four to five years. He has been on the shop. We come out every summer, but then the carton became so dumb and it fell up on the store shelf, "said Joakim Karlsson, continuing

– I spoke to him who runs a white goods company here with us, it's chaos.There are so many who call for fans, ventilation and AC

Joakim Karlsson had an idea.

Four-digit fan number

In the days, the unwanted fan was finally sold at auction – sold for a four-digit amount: 1500 SEK.

For gasoline merchants, however, it was not a shame on the urgent need of a fan at home

the local charity, the Support Fund. [19659002] – They help singles who do not have money for food and so on. The call of offer It continued and ran to 1500 loops, says Joakim Karlsson.

"The Last in Sweden"

The owner of the Mack is not kidding when he says that the fan is pursuing up to here the gas mackerel.

– I had written $ 149 on the cardboard but then we had it at half price, so last fall it was only $ 75 but no one got it bought either, says Joakim Karlsson

Suddenly, the forgotten fan has become a bunch of animals, even the big electronics chains are no longer in stock.

– It was the last in Sweden, says Joakim Karlsson, laughing.