Most of us have been taken before. I still remember back in February 2000. I was SO proud of my AL SOMETHING black helmet. But, even with an appraise armor of 146! I couldn't tell what it was. But, it was black! So, some kind soul came up and said, "Cool Helemt! What's the AL?" I of course replied that I couldn't tell even with my killer Appraise armor of 146! "Well," she said, "there's more than just the base skill to doing it and mine's 142, want me to try?" Of course, I never saw my helemt again. Yes, I was(am) a hopeless n00b.

The latest in the thieving of course is in tinkering. There's nothing more frightening than handing over that prized weapon to a stranger and hoping to get it back. Shadowfang was a victim of THE TINK 'N TAKE and has brought his experience to our Soapbox, with some ideas on how to stop it from happening in the future.