23 July 2010
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Illustrations
Who wouldn't like to own a Jaguar XJS convertible?
In many people's eyes, a snazzy Jaguar is something they dream for a lifetime about getting and for which they are willing to pay the steep price tag of fifty-six thousand dollars.
Marvin Jacobs, a San Francisco lawyer, bought his dream Jaguar, only to find that it didn't exactly make his life complete. USA Today reported in an article on state “lemon laws” that over the next three-and-a-half years Jacobs had to take his car to the shop a grand total of twenty-six times. Once the car even stalled on the Golden Gate Bridge during rush hour, causing a five-mile backup. When California's lemon law finally forced Jaguar to buy back the sour car, Jacobs said unloading it was “the best thing that ever happened to me in my entire adult life.”
Material possessions – the things we so often dream of buying – can carry a much higher price tag than we anticipate.
