Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24256580-20131206011928/@comment-24256580-20131206012718

Aha. Good point. However, in RL, when people can't participate in legitimate trade, they will always resort to illegal trade. Same with khajit. Sure, they have a reputation but they can get stuck in an never ending positive feedback loop of 'look at those thieves, shun them!' -> 'thieves shrug and steal, since they can't get legit customers anyway'