In article ,
Frank Erskine wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:01:22 UTC, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Well, I'm not in the trade, but personally know of three people who
were told - falsely - that their boiler was too old to get spares
for while being under one of their service contracts.

And I know of one...me.

Me too, when I had a Thorn Olympic boiler a few years ago.

So hardly a rare occurrence. Perhaps Mr Bates would pass it on to his
management for comment.

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