Where have all the (mains electric domestic) Fans gone??? (1 Viewer)

[wingman]

Depending upon which weather report you see, today is the hottest day since 1976. Unless you live up North. Saw storms in Newcastle on TV; wish we had some.

Sod's Law then that my pedestal fan - which has been running constantly for the past 5 days - has given up the ghost! It started with an intermittent annoying metal sound (which kept me awake awaiting the next 'clink') and turned into a fell-blown screech! Having tried to lubricate it to no avail, it's next journey is to the local dump. Soooooo....

We decide to invest in another fan; cheap'n cheerful would do as long as it's relatively quiet. Ha! You try buying one. Bleeding Q, Tesco, Homebase etc - out of stock, sold out. Can get one from China in six weeks if you like. No worries, says Mrs W, we'll get a flash one with a timer and remote control. Hours later on the net and approaching 80+ quid ones, still no joy. All sold, even at that price!

So WHO has got all the damn fans?

PS. Don't post back and say "Oh they've got tons in BM Stores in Netherhopping"

 

[MC 55 FUN]

We purchased four of these three speed + breeze function, remote controlled, oscillating, timered tower fans from Homebase 9 years ago - still going strong @ £20 squiddlys each

 

[Adbt]

"they've got tons in BM Stores in Netherhopping "

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[MC 55 FUN]

Similar here for £29.99 :

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[Kingham]

Depending upon which weather report you see, today is the hottest day since 1976. Unless you live up North. Saw storms in Newcastle on TV; wish we had some........."

I can confirm that the TV wasn't wrong. I'm close to 30 miles south of Newcastle and at 10am the rain was bouncing 12" off the ground, with thunder & lightning, and it was so dark, I had the inside lights on.... Until I lost all power !

So with nothing better to do, I made the most of the drop in temperature and had the inaugural lighting of the new stove

 

[wingman]

Update:

Oh, and the fan saga continues......
I've just received an email from Amazon apologising for CANCELLING my fan order
Apparently, the stock was not updated quickly enough from the supplier to keep pace with demand. So, apart from a poxy little desk fan that I've dug out of the loft, I'm still decent fan-less!

I've ordered a replacement from Amazon, but guess what? Won't be here until the rain arrives! Arghhhhhh!

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[Rapido925M]

Our local, family-run electrical retailer provided 7 fans for the primary school here, free of charge. It pays to live in a good community

Gordon

 

[iandsm]

Depending upon which weather report you see, today is the hottest day since 1976. Unless you live up North. Saw storms in Newcastle on TV; wish we had some.

Sod's Law then that my pedestal fan - which has been running constantly for the past 5 days - has given up the ghost! It started with an intermittent annoying metal sound (which kept me awake awaiting the next 'clink') and turned into a fell-blown screech! Having tried to lubricate it to no avail, it's next journey is to the local dump. Soooooo....

We decide to invest in another fan; cheap'n cheerful would do as long as it's relatively quiet. Ha! You try buying one. Bleeding Q, Tesco, Homebase etc - out of stock, sold out. Can get one from China in six weeks if you like. No worries, says Mrs W, we'll get a flash one with a timer and remote control. Hours later on the net and approaching 80+ quid ones, still no joy. All sold, even at that price!

So WHO has got all the damn fans?

PS. Don't post back and say "Oh they've got tons in BM Stores in Netherhopping"

Perhaps other people thought it was a bit hot too and decided to buy a fan.

 

[Feltwell]

I used to buy the things for bleedin'Q, many years ago. Here you have a product that is bulky (and so costs money to store in the UK), on at least a 3 month lead time from the Far East, and which really doesn't sell at big volumes until it gets hot for a few consecutive days - at which point everyone goes out and buys one.

You're damned if you do and damned if you don't - buy loads at the start of the season and there will never be a sustained run of hot weather, you'll end up spending more than they are worth storing the things. Be conservative and buy a few and you're guaranteed hot weather and will miss loads of sales. You try accurately predicting the weather 3 to 6 months out!

I worked for a supermarket chain who bought loads of kids sledges one year - thereby ensuring we had next to no snow for the next 3 years!

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[Stretto Boy]

No need to worry about it being too hot. This is Britain. It will be snowing soon.