Ponderings:

thinking out loud about faith, culture, and life

Wisdom Ben Smith Wisdom Ben Smith

A costly lesson from a worthless book

The annoyances of unsolicited sales calls are part of the modern life. At one time, our landline phones would ring around supper time with offers for cheaper long-distance phone service. Today we get calls on our cellphones throughout the day with urgent pleas to purchase vehicle warranties before our current warranty expires. Even though the script that the salesperson reads promises much, most of us have grown immune to their promises and simply ignore the calls as an annoying distraction. I have learned to check the caller id to identify telemarketers. My eyes are keen to identify the items of junk mail for an immediate toss in the trash. I consider myself rather adept at both recognizing and avoiding such attempts to sell me worthless products or services. So, it is with some bafflement how I came to make the following purchasing decision.

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