[narkotic]

I have no problems with 'scammers' or using the tables or trade window properly.

What I am seeing, however, is players who are taking advantage of others' ignorance, or their trust. It's not bannable to do something like this. It's not against the rules to grief. It is against the rules to harass, and in some ways such a situation could be borderline on that.

Also, I'm sure a lot of people could roleplay him as a thief. The problem is, these thieves take it out of roleplay context. It's hard to roleplay to a brick wall, or to the air. I doubt these griefers would roleplay back if someone bothered.

This is a social problem, and should be resolved via social means. It's obviously not an offense that warrants the usage of a ban, so the players who are against this form of griefing need to ban together and work to increase the public knowledge and shut these people down with their scam organizations. My earlier post lists one solution, a civilized one at that. I wouldn't be surprised, however, if vigilante justice might arise because of this. The roleplay possibilities there are endless, but so would be a council of law enforcement.