Area. And, in fact, there is nothing like a new air conditioner to beat the heat in the Bay Area. You try to buy one. I did.Vanessa Bouslog is very willing but unable to sell air conditioners at the Best Buy in Pleasant Hill. Saturday was nuts.
"I'd say we had 90 phone calls for them, literally, from the moment I walked into the door until we closed," she said. "That wasn't counting the people who walked in."
I tried Sears, Fry's, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot.
Nathan Motzko tried three other big-box stores. He needs help.
"We've actually moved the mattress next to the air conditioner, so we sleep next to the air conditioner," Motzko said. "But I'm still hoping to get a fan to blow it across the room, cause it's still too hot."
People are desperate.
Tom Morganstern went to a hotel, and the air conditioner there wasn't working.
"So I was going to buy one to cool that room because they were having problems," Morganstern said. "It was that hot."
Air conditioner sales are also sizzling on Craigslist. There were 49 different offers, ranging from a $99 swamp cooler, to $800 for one of the big BTU boys. But there's a big controversy as well.
People are being warned that there's a lot scamming going on Craigslist -- double and triple the price, totally ripping people off, so you're warned to be careful.
Even electric fans are at a premium.
Deborah Sharman found nothing but empty shelves until she went to the Lafayette Ace Hardware. They have them for now, and they expect business even hotcake salesmen would envy.
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