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Loren Haroldson
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Posted: Fri Oct 16th, 2009 01:02 pm |
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| http://productliability.law360.com/registrations/user_registration?article_id=128583&concurrency_check=false
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Richard Larson
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Posted: Fri Oct 16th, 2009 01:12 pm |
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If you dont want to register at that site to read the entire story you can find the story on several internet sites.
Here is one
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/135M_awarded_in_suit_over_fan_faulted_in_fatal_fire.html
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Ralph Bliss
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Posted: Fri Oct 16th, 2009 01:25 pm |
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| Wow, sad story. I'll stick with my nice safe antique fans. No plastic fans for me, ever!
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Mike Crenshaw
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Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 03:45 pm |
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| China is really scamming America with inferior materials and faulty wiring!
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Rob Duffy
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Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 05:03 pm |
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And my brother says the newer they are, the better they get. 
I will stick to my antiques. 
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Nicholas Denney
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Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 07:52 pm |
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CHINESE MANUFACTURING IS NOT CHINA'S FAULT.
They have no control over what they produce or how they produce it. It is the American management that sets and enforces the standards. Goods are manufactured in China only because workers there will work for lower wages than equivalent American workers will do for the exact same job. The difference means more money for corporate fat cats, not a lower product retail price.
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Nikolas Mika
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Posted: Fri Jan 8th, 2010 08:48 pm |
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Ralph Bliss wrote:
Wow, sad story. I'll stick with my nice safe antique fans. No plastic fans for me, ever!
You said it man!! I absolutely HATE plastic fans (excluding ceiling fans), even Panasonics and whatnot.Last edited on Fri Jan 8th, 2010 08:49 pm by Nikolas Mika
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Adam Rohn
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Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2010 02:04 am |
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| Thanks for posting this article Richard! :) Makes me upset to think a company would put so many people at risk when they admitted they knew about the possible hazard and didn't do anything to alert the public
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Peter Chester
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Posted: Sun Jan 10th, 2010 06:36 am |
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| as far as that chinese-made motor is concerned, there is nothing to be surprised about. Remember the case of Pete Moulds where his chinese extension cord exploded when connected to a D.C ceiling fan through a rectifier. This only indicates the pathetically poor quality of chinese electrical goods Last edited on Sun Jan 10th, 2010 06:40 am by Peter Chester
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Mitch Jackson
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Posted: Sun Jan 10th, 2010 10:44 pm |
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Remember when they still made good box fans? That was a loooooong time ago...
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