Hi, may I represent myself as a retailer – I do not run a store – to a manufacturer in order to obtain wholesale pricing? Does it depend on if the company is under jewish ownership?
Answer:
No, this is not permitted.
Misrepresentation of this type is known as geneivas da’as (literally ‘stealing of the heart’), and the Gemara in Chullin writes that this is not permitted even for a non-Jew.
“Honesty is the best policy!”
Best wishes.
