Returning a lost object, refund for a purchase
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Question
1. I found a jacket without any identifying marks on a bus. I posted about it on the neighborhood email list, and nobody contacted me. Is there any way to get rid of this jacket? (Storing it is inconvenient for me.)
2. I ordered a product together with a woman from a store. The order did not arrive, I received a refund, and I gave her back her share of the money. Afterwards the order did arrive, and the store said there is no need to pay for it. Do I need to give her also the product that arrived?
2. I ordered a product together with a woman from a store. The order did not arrive, I received a refund, and I gave her back her share of the money. Afterwards the order did arrive, and the store said there is no need to pay for it. Do I need to give her also the product that arrived?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
1. You should publicize it more broadly, not only to the residents of your neighborhood. If even there you do not find the owner, after some time you may record its details and then discard it or use it.
2. The product belongs to both of you equally.
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