Macy’s $47 dollar necklace |
By: Debbie Gross
(Scroll down for video) Macy’s mistakenly sold expensive jewelry for just pennies on the dollar, according to press reports in the United States.
The giant department store catalog sent out to customers earlier this month mistakenly listed a $1,500 sterling silver and 14 karat gold necklace for just $47. The title of the item read: “SUPER BUY.”
The actual selling price should have be $479, according to a statement made by Macy’s, but the Macy’s printed the 44 page circular without the last digit.
According to a local television news station in Dallas, customers flocked to the Collin Creek Mall in Dallas, Texas, to purchase the necklace before Macy’s was able to notice the error.
Robert Bernard, a newcomer who wanted to buy the necklace as an anniversary gift for his wife, came too late for the sale, as a customer before him had bought the last remaining necklace of the store. However, an employee offered Bernard to have two of them sent to his home. Bernard’s receipt read: “Total savings of $1,400.”
But a few days later, a call center employee of Macy’s left a voice message:
“This article had the wrong price of $47 listed. The correct price is $479 and because of the pricing error, your order has been canceled and I apologize.”
“I am fascinated by the people who always manage to capitalize on these errors and manage to purchase stuff for huge bargains. I always miss out on these terrific once in a lifetime sales,” Marry Hunter, 29, of Houston Texas told YourJewishNews.com.
When the error was caught, a sign was put up at the department of fine jewelry that alerted customers that a mistake has been made,” a spokesperson for Macy’s said in a statement this week.
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