How about them just not putting single stealable items that are not in a container right next to writ quartermasters or vendors. It's kind of stupid to have a stealable maul lying on a weaponsmith's counter. You're right there shopping in front of him and you pick up his wares to look at them and suddenly you're a thief? That's idiotic. Weaponsmiths WANT you to pick up their wares, how else are you supposed to fall in love with it and have to buy it? I think they overlooked too much derp there.
How about them just not putting single stealable items that are not in a container right next to writ quartermasters or vendors. It's kind of stupid to have a stealable maul lying on a weaponsmith's counter. You're right there shopping in front of him and you pick up his wares to look at them and suddenly you're a thief? That's idiotic. Weaponsmiths WANT you to pick up their wares, how else are you supposed to fall in love with it and have to buy it? I think they overlooked too much derp there.