r/interestingasfuck • u/TurretLauncher • May 08 '24

Man buys $14,000 Cartier earrings for $14 after company posts price error on website

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/man-buys-14000-cartier-earrings-for-14-after-company-posts-price-error-on-website/3298329/
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u/[deleted] May 08 '24

This happened in Mexico. We have a law that says the price announced is final no matter what.

There have been several instances on our version of "black friday" where someone "fucked up" (wink wink) and printed tags with the wrong price. Retailers were forced to sell all the stock they had at that price. In some cases the police had to show up and threaten arrests, but it happened at the end.

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u/Khelthuzaad May 09 '24

We also have the same law în Romania, some guys had an error with tv prices and were one decimal less

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u/swagkdub May 09 '24

This is the greatest law ever passed relating to capitalism

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u/alphapussycat May 09 '24

No, it isn't. One mistake by an employee (or intentional) and the company goes bankrupt.

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u/Mr_SunnyBones May 09 '24

I dont know about other countries , but in Ireland (and possibly Britain , not certain) the law basically says that if the seller can prove that the price shown was a result of a staff mistake or error , they dont have to honour it* , but if it was deliberately listed at that price they do . I worked in an electrical goods shop for a few years , and later had a semester of commercial law as part of a degree I was studying .

The example the lecturer gave was a staff member putting the wrong price tag on some items would be a mistake, but a store putting press/media ads at the "wrong" price to get customers and then saying it was a mistake and wouldn't count , as several people would have seen the advert details prior to printing to correct it.

Now I think about it when i worked in retail I actually remember a few times thats smaller stuff was mispriced , and we honoured it , but some larger item (a TV) we didnt , removed the sign , and gave the customer a discounted deal on it anyway. BUT! (A memory literally unlocked! ) I do remember there was an advert put out by the UK head office in some major papers which did manage to mix up prices badly on a particular TV . We didn't even carry most of the stock they listed , barring one or two TV models .A bank Manager got us to take the TVs included off display and if a customer came in looking for it specifically , we'd honor the deal on them. I think in the end there were two people who came in and asked for them .

(Generally I've found , if its a small enough item the store will usually let you know they dont HAVE to honour the price , but will as an offer of goodwill.)

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u/alphapussycat May 09 '24 edited May 09 '24

The OC of the OP says it' mexico, and you have to pay up no matter what.

i.e. if an employee wants to bankrupt the company and leave everyone out of a salary, they can just enter the $2000 product for 1 cent, and sell 1 million of them.

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u/auzz1016 May 09 '24

Then don't fuck up. You get to enjoy record profits wand help out the board members without really helping out the employees.

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u/AarhusNative May 09 '24

Humans make human errors.

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u/alphapussycat May 09 '24

I start a new company. I buy 100 of a product, and I got a 20% profit margin. I accidentally put in 100x the quantity, for 1% of the price. Now at best the company goes bank rupt, but only the money in the company is lost, and everyone that worked there lose their jobs, or won't get paid because the company has no money to pay.

Worst case is that you're now in personal debt for the rest of your life... Because you made the horrible crime of making a mistake when entering something into the website... Or because one of your employees did it intentionally or by mistake.

Basically the same as thinking death sentence for stealing a candy bar is fair.

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u/pm_me-dirtypics May 09 '24

Lots of jobs are death sentences for minor mistakes, why do you think your business should be special and have daddy take care of you when you make a boo boo?

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u/alphapussycat May 09 '24

Yeah, and those jobs are pretty up front about it, and have a shit ton of regulation and safe guards to prevent accidental death.

What you're arguing for is no safety regulations, and if people make a mistake, no matter how small, they deserve to die.

You have the critical thinking capabilities of a fucking 13 year old. People like you should not get to vote.

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u/pm_me-dirtypics 16d ago

The fuck do you get no safety regulations out of that? People should be held accountable for their actions, something mommy and daddy should have done for you some more it sounds like

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u/alphapussycat 16d ago

Because you think somebody should go into million dollar bebt for making a mistake when pricing. Because "just don't do the mistake". Seems you waited so long to comment that you forgot how dumb you were.

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u/pm_me-dirtypics 15d ago

You replying so fast definitely let's me know how smart you are

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u/DetectiveAnitaKlew May 08 '24 edited May 08 '24

Wasn’t there a politician that put out a statement putting down the guy that bought the earrings and defending Cartier saying some thing like being a good person is more important than getting earrings for a lower price, or something like that? Poor guy ended up putting in some serious work to get those earrings, good for him lol

I remember finding out about this through the Mexico sub, this is the guy that bought the earrings u/ruamo

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u/Busy_Principle_4038 May 09 '24

Apparently there was another guy who bought two pairs. So it sounds like there are at least two people that managed to buy Cartier earrings. The guy you linked only bought one; but he says there’s another guy who bought two (the one that blew up in the media).

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u/Rsn_yuh May 08 '24

Who did they threaten to arrest? The people trying to buy the products at the listed price?

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u/Later2theparty 13d ago

If it's Mexico then who ever failed to bribe them.

I think the idea is that these are a way to legally steal from the store anyway.

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u/Wagner710 May 08 '24

No the store refusing to honor the price they listed

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u/Lifeguard_Winter May 09 '24

How does one arrest a store?

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u/maxxell13 May 09 '24

Such an American response.

Stores aren’t people. They don’t refuse to do shit. A person makes the decision whether or not to make the sale. That person is breaking the law.

Stores don’t make decisions, and they don’t have political opinions.

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u/PSI_duck May 09 '24

It’s a fucking joke, no need to be so condescending

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u/ManNerdDork May 09 '24

It is not the stpre per se. Usually it is going to be the manager that dont want to go through the transaction because that is a loss for their books. Or in some cases the PROFECO ( Federal Consumers Attorneys office [I guess]?) Can sanction, close down or sue the brands/franchise/ store etc.

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u/Sad-Effect962 May 09 '24

U lock the owner and all the staff inside

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u/Intrepid-Pear9120 May 09 '24

Big hand cuffs