[Satrek2000]

I agree that scamming has to stop - and trade should be improved in the same step. If it shouldn't be too easy special trade areas or houses seem to do fine. Another idea I could think of would be trading bags - that is, both players put what they want to exchange in a bag, be it money or items, then they both hit a button and they can see the contens of each others bag - then, only when both agree, the contens is flipped. Maybe that, too, should be limited to certain areas, towns or shops. So to say, safe and free trade should be possible, but not too easy (i.e. not everywhere). It'd also add a little realism, as it's less likely to get robbed in a crowded town than in a deserted remote forest.