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A happy accident made one man’s first purchase at Cartier an unbelievably cheap one.

Rogelio Villarreal Jasso, based in Mexico, shared a story on X that quickly went viral about a purchase he made online through the luxury retailer’s website in December.

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— dre pute (@LordeDandy) April 20, 2024

Jasso said he was shocked to find a pair of diamond and gold earrings listed for 237 pesos, roughly $13.98. In the video, he says he quickly purchased two pairs of earrings (and broke into a “cold sweat”) without realizing that Cartier had made a massive mistake on its website.

The earrings were supposed to be listed for 237,000 pesos, roughly $13,975.

Related: Porsche Lists $148,000 Car for Just $18,000 By Mistake

Jasso told CBS MoneyWatch that the retailer tried to cancel his order and compensate him with champagne and a leather card holder for the mistake — but he wasn’t having it.

“At first they said two things when I contacted them after they canceled my order,” he told the outlet. “One, they said the earrings were mispriced by accident. Then they said they couldn’t fulfill the order because the earrings were out of stock. Their reasoning was difficult to understand.”

Jasso then contacted the Mexican Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer, and Cartier complied. The luxury retailer delivered the earrings to the lucky shopper last week, which he documented in a post on X that’s now been viewed over 4.7 million times.

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— dre pute (@LordeDandy) April 26, 2024

“I was very happy when the earrings arrived, but the reality is they don’t just represent a purchase,” he said. “I was familiar with my rights as a consumer, but not everyone is. So this case helps make Mexican people aware of their basic rights, including those protected by consumer law.”

Cartier did not immediately respond to Entrepreneur’s request for comment.

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Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12, which is right around the corner. If you want to show Mom you love her and say thanks for all the support she’s given you and your business, roses are a great way to do so. Don’t tell her, but with this Rose Farmers’ Mother’s Day Special, you can send a beautiful gift to Mom while keeping the budget tight. For a limited time, spend just $24.99 (plus shipping) to get 24 long-stem roses delivered to her door.

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As an employer, you might forget what it’s like to be on the team instead of leading it. Employee motivation is complex, and sometimes, it’s the little signs that you care that can boost team spirit. In fact, something as simple as providing meals for your employees occasionally could give your team a huge boost. One Edenred report even found that companies that provide food services saw a 25% increase in employee satisfaction.

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The battle for the Stanley Cup is well underway as the New York Rangers are set to take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Round 2 of the Eastern Conference playoffs on Sunday night.

But for diehard Blueshirts fans, planning a trip to North Carolina to watch the games may be difficult — Ticketmaster is prohibiting people who live outside the North Carolina area from purchasing tickets.

Upon checkout, fans are greeted with this disclaimer before submitting their payment for the tickets:

“PNC Arena is located in Raleigh, NC. Sales to this event will be restricted to residents of North Carolina, South Carolina and southern parts of Virginia,” the website reads. “Residency will be based on credit card billing address. Orders by residents outside North Carolina, South Carolina and southern Virginia will be canceled without notice and refunds given.”

Games 3, 4, and potentially 6 are slated to be hosted at the PNC Arena.

Naturally, Rangers fans took to social media to point out that the North Carolina area has plenty of New York transplants, and restricting ticket sales probably won’t be very effective.

It’s funny that the hurricanes trying to keep Rangers fans from PNC when it’s a whole lot of us here

— Your Majesty ?? (@the3jsmom) May 2, 2024

What is funny about that is there are so many Rangers fans in this area it won’t matter. The regular season game I went to at PNC Arena was filled with Rangers fans, and I can assure you no one from NY flew to RDU for a Tuesday night game.

— NC-HOKIE (@BGHokie) May 1, 2024

Seeing how most of Cary is made up of NY transplants, Rangers will be represented well, as they are every game in PNC

— Melissa (@VoakesFan) May 1, 2024

They’re scared! Rightfully so I think Rangers fans will still invade PNC.

— roy cacciola (@RoyCacciola) May 1, 2024

The last time the two teams faced off in the playoffs was in 2022 when the Rangers emerged victorious after Game 7 of Round 2. The same ticket disclaimer for PNC game tickets was reportedly in place then, too.

Dates and times have not yet been released for the rest of the series.

The New York Rangers do not have a restriction on who can purchase tickets for Game 1 at Madison Square Garden, though getting into the arena will cost you.

As of Friday afternoon, the cheapest official tickets listed through Ticketmaster were standing room only (no assigned seat) for $343 a pop.

Game 1 of the Rangers and Hurricanes in Round 2 of the Eastern Conference Playoffs will start at 4 p.m. EST on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

A Friday report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) titled “The Employment Situation” showed that unemployment rates rose slightly in April while hiring missed the mark.

Employers added 175,000 new jobs in April, which was well below the 242,000 monthly average of the past year and below analyst expectations of 235,000 jobs.

The unemployment rate rose slightly from 3.8% in March to 3.9% in April.

The areas with the highest job increases were health care, which added 56,000 jobs in April, social assistance, which jumped by 31,000 jobs, and transportation and warehousing, which saw a 22,000 job increase.

Other sectors, like construction and government, added jobs as well in smaller quantities while electronics and appliance retailers posted 3,000 fewer jobs.

Related: CPI Report: Inflation Rose More Than Expected in March, Driven By Housing and Energy Costs

Bloomberg reports that the overall job gain is the smallest recorded by the BLS in six months, and could be due to slowing growth in the service sector.

The BLS report, however, downplayed the changes.

“Both the unemployment rate, at 3.9 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 6.5 million, changed little in April,” the BLS report stated, emphasizing that the unemployment rate has stayed in the 3.7% to 3.9% range over the past nine months.

Employees saw average hourly wages increase by seven cents in April, for a 0.2% increase up to $34.75 per hour. At the same time, the average workweek went down by 0.1 of an hour to 34.3 hours.

The average hourly pay is growing at its slowest rate since June 2021, per Bloomberg.

Stocks jumped on Friday after the report’s release, perhaps because the report showed sustained low unemployment numbers.

“The bottom line is this report is quite reassuring,” American economist and Harvard professor Jason Furman said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

The BLS will release its next monthly employment report on June 7.

Related: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Says He Is Worried About ‘Stagflation’ — Here’s Why

Reports indicate the Federal Reserve could, in turn, consider cutting interest rates later this year.

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