Yes a lot of junk being sold nowadays. It is destroying the customer confident in these companies.
Mentioning fans it is nearly impossible to find here that is quite anymore and actually has a decent amount of air flow. The only ones that are quite now are ceiling mounted fans when on low speed.
Norm just wait if you haven't already seen them washers with plastic inner tubs. So far I have been piecing together others rejects washers. Most usually just have pump failures. I am afraid I will have problems once I have to go to the HE (High Efficiency) washers which are being pushed here heavily. Even some are they are required by codes.
Tyler glad no one got hurt but was very dangerous occurrence.