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Sweet lesson from a lemon

From the August 2023 issue of The Christian Science Journal


A number of years ago, I found myself in a pinch regarding a used vehicle I had recently purchased. New to the used-car market, I was unfamiliar with the tricks some sellers use to offload damaged vehicles.

When the car turned out to be a lemon with a slew of problems too costly to investigate, let alone repair, I was stuck with a very expensive mistake. Still in need of a new car, and now lacking the funds to meet that need, I attempted to solve the problem by listing the vehicle for sale “as is” while disclosing the damages. I hoped a mechanic could fix it or perhaps strip it for parts. But my efforts didn’t yield results.

I let go of the idea that the answer needed to be figured out humanly. 

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