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Little Giant buyer strikes gold

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FSW Chelmsford branch manager Joe Turone (left) presents the “golden” iPhone to Robin Ranson of Wtham, Essex-based Thornbury Refrigeration

UK: Robin Ranson of Thornbury Refrigeration has won an iPhone 6 as a result of buying a Little Giant condensate pump from wholesaler FSW.

The Little Giant VCC-20S pump he bought from FSW in Chelmsford on May 15 contained a special Golden Label entitling him to the new smartphone in a special promotion being run by distributor Pump House.

A limited number of Golden Labels have been included within Little Giant’s VCMA-20S, VCC-20S, VCMX-20S, VCL-24S and new EC-1K pumps sold through Pump House’s UK air conditioning and refrigeration stockists.

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