Air conditioner market on fire
The continuous hot weather forecasted to be over 40 degrees Celsius has caused the electronics and refrigeration market to be constantly burned in recent days. During the two days off on Saturday and Sunday (May 18-19), many electronics supermarkets such as Hoa Binh, An Thinh,... were out of stock and did not have enough workers for installation and maintenance.
(Baonghean.vn) -The continuous hot weather forecasted to be over 40 degrees Celsius has caused the electronics and refrigeration market to be constantly burned in recent days. During the two days off on Saturday and Sunday (May 18-19), many electronics supermarkets such as Hoa Binh, An Thinh,... were out of stock and did not have enough workers for installation and maintenance.
At Thu Cuc electronics store on Quang Trung street, we met Mr. Nam from Hung Loc, who was with the staff transporting a 9,000 BTU Panasonic air conditioner onto the truck. Mr. Nam said he had ordered the machine for more than a week and now it was finally available. The past few days have been hot, the bedroom has turned on both fans but still could not dispel the heat. "I chose a new generation air conditioner equipped with an Inverter with the ability to save electricity, normally this machine only costs about 9 million, but this time due to out of stock, the price was pushed up to 10 million VND" - Mr. Nam said.
At the same time as some customers came to inquire about installing the machine, a pickup truck also just arrived to transport the goods. Ms. Cuc - the store owner said: We have ordered for more than a week now and just got the goods. In recent days, the market has been short of air conditioners, customers have asked a lot but there are none for sale, especially the Panasonic line. About a month ago, a Panasonic air conditioner with a capacity of 9,000 BTU, 1 way, without antibacterial air filtration mode, made in Malaysia, cost only 7.5 million VND, but now it has increased to 8.5 million VND, including installation and transportation.
Demand increased, many stores had to wait a whole week for goods.
At CK Media supermarket, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tu - Deputy General Director of CK Group said that since the beginning of May, both of the company's supermarkets, CK Media and Hoa Binh electronics supermarket, have sold over 100 air conditioners, not to mention fans and refrigerators. Although they had anticipated that there would be an overload and had to hire more technicians and order more products, currently due to the large number of customers, customers who ordered products have to wait 1-2 days for installation. Sales of air conditioners alone increased by 500% compared to normal days.
Meeting Hai - a technician who specializes in installing air conditioners for stores, he said: I have been in this profession for nearly 3 years now. Normally, I am only ordered to install about 1-2 machines a day, but in the current hot weather, there are days when I have to install up to 5 machines, each machine is paid 2-300,000 VND. And not only in Vinh, some neighboring areas such as Cua Lo, Nghi Loc or Hung Nguyen, we also accept installation, however, because of the distance, the cost is higher.
According to Hai, although air conditioners equipped with Inverters are not as energy-saving as advertised and are more expensive than regular products, they are still popular. Air conditioners equipped with Inverters only really save energy when running for 3-4 hours or more. If running for only a short time like 1-2 hours, the power consumption of this type of air conditioner is not much lower than that of non-Inverter air conditioners.
Customers buy air conditioners at CK Media Supermarket
The air conditioner market currently has many products such as Samsung, LG, Deawoo, Daikin, Toshiba, Panasonic, Fujitsu... and the prices and product features are also quite diverse. Machines with a capacity of 9,000 cost from 6 to more than 10 million VND/unit, machines with a capacity of 12,000BTU - 16,000BTU cost from 8 - 15 million VND/unit, machines with a capacity of 18,000 - 24,000BTU cost from 17 - 25 million VND. However, the most popular is still the small capacity type of 9,000 BTU and the preferred brand is still Panasonic.
In addition to the traditional wall-mounted type, there are also floor-standing or ceiling-mounted air conditioners on the market. However, wall-mounted air conditioners for home use are still growing the fastest.
Article and photos: Viet Phuong
