UA Shoes For Sale: Volume 5, Issue 35, Balak
- Sefas Tamim
- Jul 11
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 17
July 12, 2025; 16 Tammuz, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
QUESTION: Unauthorized authentic shoes (“UA Shoes”) are produced by shoe factories when they produce excess pairs of shoes beyond what the brand companies have ordered. After fulfilling the brand's quota, the excess leftover shoes remain in the factory - physically identical to the "authentic" shoes, however they have not been authorized for sale by the brand. Third parties often acquire and sell UA Shoes below the retail price of the authorized shoes.
May one purchase or sell UA Shoes since they lack the authorization from the brand to do so? ...