In three days, the turnover of the largest Hungarian stove and fireplace distribution company increased tenfold, and there are also queues for sparhelts.

In the late afternoon of July 13, Gergely Gulyás announced the partial elimination of utility cuts, with the same saying: the aim of the entire measure is to make people consume less energy. notice only stated that the service providers use the previous year's consumption as a basis when calculating the market price overhead ratio above the average consumption. Wilder and wilder calculations are circulating on the Internet, people have started to panic and look for alternative heating solutions.

"Unprecedented interest has developed in the market, which was reflected in the number of visitors to our webshop and sales. In three days, we measured a tenfold increase in turnover, and in fact we handled two months' turnover, but there are also customers queuing up in the showroom"

Zoltán Baranyai, marketing manager of Warnex-Global Magyarország Zrt., the largest domestic stove, fireplace and spa heater distributor, told Index. Interestingly, next week's heatwave here, air conditioners suitable for heating there, the demand for air conditioners has practically stopped.

Summer is not specifically the main season for the sale of fireplaces and stoves, as foreign manufacturers usually have to place orders half a year in advance, so they work with larger stocks. According to him, no company was prepared for such an increase in demand, as people typically start buying this range of products in autumn.

"Due to the increased demand, our current stock of roughly 5,000 pieces can only last for two weeks at most"

said Zoltán Baranyai.

He believed that if everything continues at this rate, many companies may run out of stocks, but the products ordered for the fall season are not sure to last long either. As a result of the extreme demand, due to the lack of stock and inflation, the prices will probably rise quickly, added Zoltán Baranyai, who says that in the next round, the demand for firewood and its price may rise significantly.

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