Posted by An Arbiter on February 23, 2000 at 17:23:15:
In Reply to: Umm.. theft is illegal in a protected area. If a shopkeeper handed you an item, and you refused to pay and kept the item, it is theft. So is that. (n/t) posted by Proud Blade on February 23, 2000 at 15:01:14:
There is no rule against getting ripped off. If you make a deal, then hand your equipment over, and the other guy leaves with your stuff...well...you handed it to him. Chalk it up to experience, cause we can't do a thing.
Now if they actually took it off your person without asking, that's theft. Running off without finishing a trade? That's just dishonorable.