A TikTok user who posts as Jus Qu’ez said in a video that he went into Sephora for three items and paid with a $100 bill. He captioned the clip “A win is a win.” The video has drawn 233,600 views, 32,500 likes, and more than 950 comments.
In the TikTok video, Jus Qu’ez sat in his car with a small white Sephora bag. He said he wanted an EADEM Le Chouchou Lip Softening Balm because he had been seeing it all over TikTok. He also showed a Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy Recovery Lip Mask and an OLEHENRIKSEN Lemonade Scrub.
A receipt he displayed listed the scrub at $36, the Eadem product at $24, and the lip mask at $14.50. After the 8.9 percent Georgia state tax of $6.63, the total was $81.13, with $18.90 in change due on $100 cash. He then held up one $50, one $20, and four $1 bills and asked why the cashier had given him $74 back. He said, “So I practically just got this s–t for free, if you ask me. A win is a win.”
Follow-up video answers viewers who called the extra cash a test of integrity
In a follow-up clip on TikTok, Jus Qu’ez spoke indoors in a dark grey tank top and two gold necklaces. The caption read, “Talking about God was testing me, SHUT TF UP!!!” He said he did not mind getting into it with people on his TikTok. He told viewers not to leave crazy comments and expect no reply. He stated the new video was about the Sephora clip he had just posted.
“When it comes to greed, you got the wrong person,” he said. He asked whether the extra money was simply the cashier’s mishap at work. The debate over cashier errors and customer honesty plays out in many retail settings, such as when a Walgreens shopper confronts the cashier after an item rings up at nearly five times the marked price.
He also offered other possibilities. He said people might consider that he is a handsome young man and that the cashier may have wanted to give him money from the register, or that he may have received a discount and did not have to pay the total he expected. He told viewers they needed to mind their business. He said he was sorry he posted the first video, then added, “but d–n, can I f–king live?”
Several commenters on the original video focused on cash registers, counting, and whether the extra money should have gone back. One commenter wrote that registers start having problems when cash is used. They wrote, “They start glitching when you pull out cash.” Another suggested younger workers struggle with math and said they would start paying in cash. They wrote, “The kids can’t count soooo lemme start paying in cash.”
A third called the extra change a blessing. They wrote, “That’s a blessing babe!” Other viewers said they would have gone back inside. One wrote, “I would have went right back in! I don’t play with God like that.” Another called the situation a test. They wrote, “It’s a test about your integrity friend.” This kind of public reaction to a Sephora visit can be intense, such as when an Arizona man’s sister allegedly called his desire to try makeup there weird.
A further commenter said the money should have been returned as soon as the error was noticed. They wrote, “The moment you realized the error is the moment you should have returned it.” One more said their conscience would not have allowed them to keep it. They wrote, “I would’ve been honest and told him what he did my conscience be eating me up.”
What does the law say about this? Los Angeles attorney Michael Laurence Mandell, better known online as “Law By Mike,” said in one of his videos that intentionally keeping extra change can be considered a crime. However, he noted that people are rarely charged for doing so.
Published: Sep 3, 2026 08:35 am