I'm letting the community know about this because it affects us all .

I purchased this item  :
West Marine: Solar Powervent 3000
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId
=13737

It was described as "Working great" by the seller, Vanagon Man
vgonman@MSN.COM AKA Adam Puzerewski. I paid $100 expecting a usable solar
fan. However it is nearly totally worn out, the plastic is sunrotted and the
fan is unbalanced and the motor shaft is very loose. I would be stupid to
chop a hole in my roof to install this although admittedly I was already
stupid to buy it. I'm going to try to get a replacement motor and fan for it
to cut my losses since the seller refuses to take it back and refund my
$100. So you see, for a mere $50 more I could have gotten a new one.

The upshot is, be very careful when buying from anyone on this list, some
people use it as a way to dump worn out items on unsuspecting subscribers.

-- Rachel in Santa Fe