Lying about an overseas order
Question
I ordered a package from AliExpress but didn’t go to pick it up from the pickup point. Am I allowed to declare that I didn’t receive the package in order to get a refund?
Answer
Shalom uVracha,
It’s forbidden to lie in order to receive a refund, that would be considered stealing from a non-Jew (gezel akum).
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
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