Pay Only If the Repair Is Successful

If one day you’ll collect only the hashgachah pratis stories connected to washing machines, I think you’ll succeed in filling a book as large as an actual washing machine.

This is my story. One day the machine stopped working. You simply press the button and there’s no response; you bang on it, and nothing doing; the clothing is dirty and the machine remains indifferent. It will not launder your clothes.

This is a machine that has been serving us faithfully for several years – but not for so very many years. I called the company, and they heard my complaint and sent a technician. The technician checked things out, tried all sorts of things, pushed some tools into the machine, and then soberly announced that