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Originally Posted by homealone
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You are not alone, in fact most people say to me ,"I think my bushes have gone". Cue me looking out into the garden with a sarcastic look on my face.
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Originally Posted by zoombini
What's up with the Servis products then? what's so bad about them?
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25 years or more ago, Servis was the domestic appliance arm of a firm called Wilkins & Mitchell. They mainly produced the heavy industrial presses used in the motor industry. When the British motor industry went down the tubes in the 60'/70's the firm went into a major decline. The Servis name was sold off to an oil company called Tricentrol if my memory is correct. This did not last for very long and at the time you would have been able to purchase the whole business for £1 if you accepted the liabilities. I am not sure of the person involved but a Welsh ''asset stripper' bought the company for an sum of which I am not sure. He closed all the factories, laid of most of the staff and for many years has imported fairly cheap foreign machines into this country with the Servis name on them. They have a very poor reputation in the trade. I would not cross the street to my grandmother to repair a Servis appliance.