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Luxury jewelry shaper Cartier isn’t known for giving worldly away, but successful nan lawsuit of 1 Mexican man, they beautiful overmuch did.
Rogelio Villarreal was paging done Cartier’s web page successful a infinitesimal of idleness erstwhile he came upon connected connection that seemed excessively bully to beryllium true. "I collapsed retired successful a acold sweat," he wrote connected his relationship connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter.
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Cartier apparently had made a correction and listed gold-and-diamond earrings for 237 pesos ($14), alternatively of nan correct price, 237,000 pesos ($14,000). Villarreal ordered 2 sets.
Rogelio Villarreal was paging done Cartier's web page successful a infinitesimal of idleness erstwhile he came upon an connection excessively bully to beryllium true. Cartier apparently listed gold-and-diamond earrings for 237 pesos ($14), alternatively of nan correct price, 237,000 pesos ($14,000). (Fox News)
What followed was months of backmost and distant during which he says Cartier offered him a consolation prize alternatively of nan jewelry, and during which Mexican officials backed his position that nan institution should grant nan advertised price.
Villarreal yet sewage nan earrings past week, astatine his price, and he posted a video online of himself unboxing nan merchandise. But he soon grew tired of nan nationalist attraction — uncovering not each that glitters is golden — and connected Monday posted, "Alright already, talk astir thing else, I’m tired of nan earrings being nan only point anyone knows astir my personality."
Villarreal’s lawsuit had go a lightening rod online during an particularly polarized clip successful Mexico up of its June 2 presidential elections.
Some observers criticized Villarreal for taking advantage of what they saw arsenic an honorable correction by nan top-end jewelry company. Some claimed he should springiness nan earrings back, aliases salary taxes connected them. Some called him a thief.
Villarreal, a expert doing his aesculapian residency, said he had to conflict for months to get nan institution to really present and claimed that it offered to nonstop him a vessel of champagne instead.
The institution did not respond to requests for comment.
"I person nan worst luck successful nan world and I’ve ne'er made immoderate money, and what I person is because I bought it," Villarreal wrote successful his societal media accounts. But now, he was been capable to bargain 2 $14,000 sets of earrings for only astir $28.
He says he gave 1 of them to his mother.
"It feels awesome and it’s cool not to beryllium nan underdog for erstwhile successful my life," Villarreal wrote.
Jesús Montaño, nan spokesperson for Mexico’s user protection agency, known arsenic Profeco, confirmed Villarreal’s relationship of his struggle.
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"He revenge a title successful December," Montaño said. "There is simply a conciliation proceeding scheduled for May 3, but nan user already received his purchase."
Asked astir nan morals of it all, Montaño said companies "have to respect nan published price." If there's a mistake, "it’s not nan consumer’s fault."
