A wishing machine (aka Class-A Utilizer, Series AA-1256432) appears in Joe Collins’ bedroom along with a warning that this machine should be used only by Class-A ratings!
In rapid succession, he asked for five million dollars, three functioning oil wells, a motion-picture studio, perfect health, twenty-five more dancing girls, immortality, a sports car and a herd of pedigreed cattle.

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  1. “Something for Nothing” by Robert Sheckley, in Galaxy, June 1954.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Robert Sheckley