Casablanca Fans

When we built our new house we went all in, even when it came to ceiling fans for the bedrooms. The master bedroom got a Victorian-style Casablanca fan that was top-of-the-line. Expensive, but we sprang for it. Weather is usually quite cool here so it got little use, but it didn't matter; it took a dump after 3 or 4 usages. I called Casablanca Fan's customer service where a lady readily admitted that the wall-control design had proved a failure, and was no longer made. Furthermore, she said, I was welcome to remove the fan (a job for an electrician) drive it to another town (the store where I purchased it went out of business) and pay $150 to Casablanca Fan to get it repaired. Upon investigating Casablanca Fan Co. I found that defective products are nothing new to this firm. One account, available on-line, says they have recalled 3 million 264 thousand fans over a 12-year period. We're now having 108+degree days here, and my Casablanca fan hangs there, disused, with the wall-control unit pulled out, dangling by its wires, impossible to repair as it sits. I'm thinking the fan will make a great boat-anchor, if I can just buy the boat.