Commentary for Bava Kamma 204:5

אלא א"ר אלעזר הא והא ר' מאיר ולא קשיא כאן לאכילה כאן לסחורה

that a change does not transfer ownership.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the principal is thus entitled to share any profit that may result from the transaction, though in the case of a loss he can back out and put it completely on the agent as he acted not in accordance with his mandate. ');">⁷</span> R. Eleazar demurred: Whence [can you know this]? May it not be perhaps that R. Meir meant his view to apply only to a matter which was intended to be used by the owner personally,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as wool to be used for his own garment, and a chair for his own use, as supra p. 586. ');">⁸</span>

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