A Macy’s catalog accidentally offered a “Super Buy” gold and silver necklace that normally costs $1,500 for just $47, according to reports. That’s a 97 percent discount.
WFAA reported that the jewelry, made of 14-karat gold and sterling silver, was supposed to be listed at $479 as part of a discount. Customers actually purchased the item for that price and all the inventory of the necklace at the Macy’s in Collin Creek Mall was bought out.
“This item has the wrong price for $47,” a Macy’s call center worker said in a recording on a customer’s voice mail, according to WFAA. “The correct price is $479 dollars and because of that pricing error, your order has been canceled and I apologize.”
Robert Bernard said he tried to purchase two. “It says ‘Super Buy!,’” he told the station.
On Friday afternoon, Macy’s released a statement to apologize for the error.
“When the mistake was caught, signage did go up in the fine jewelry department and on store doors alerting customers that a mistake had been made,” Beth Charlton, a spokeswoman, told the station.
In another jewelry-related incident, around a month ago, a man dressed up like a FedEx employee and robbed a jewelry store in Los Angeles.
A man came “in and asked to see [a box of loose] diamonds and then pulled out a gun,” store owner Jeffrey Tran told the Los Angeles Times. “He was wearing a FedEx uniform. That’s why we weren’t paying close attention—we thought he was a FedEx guy.”
Two months ago, the the De Beers counter in a department store in Paris was robbed of millions of dollars in jewelry. And a day earlier, robbers stole $50 million of diamonds at a Brussels aiport.
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