Macy’s Catalog Typo Lists Expensive Necklace For Just Below $50

Would you have taken the deal if you had seen one? A $1500 necklace from Macy’s was sold for just $47. That was what the Macy’s catalog printed. See the image below.

Customers flocked the mall and actually purchased the expensive necklace for the listed deal price. However, the $47 price was a typo, according to Macy’s. The necklace, which was listed as a sterling silver and 14-karat gold, is regularly priced at $1,500. But the mailer listed it on sale for $47 instead of $479.

Friday afternoon, Macy’s apologized for the error but didn’t explain how it happened.

“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,” wrote Beth Charlton, Macy’s spokeswoman in an e-mail to News 8. “For those customers who bought the necklace at the $47 price, they were fortunate. For the gentleman you spoke with, he was not so fortunate. We are sincerely sorry he was disappointed and unable to buy the necklace at the $47 price for his wife.”

Macy’s could not immediately say how many necklaces it mistakenly sold at the wrong price.