I think the worst part about it is that it's pretty clearly unintentional and those who are abusing it are getting a major, unfair advantage over honest players. Will they be punished, I wonder? I recall some horrible, selfish players using a similar exploit to make use of POTD items in PvP and dungeons yet in that case the individual(s) involved were never punished, or so I'm led to believe given that they're still around.

Yet if someone, in the heat of the moment, says a 'bad word' on this forum or in-game then there's a real risk that all their hard work will go down the drain and they'll be hit by the full force of the rules. In short, these sorts of exploits are plaguing the game and will continue to do so unless they are dealt with swiftly and harshly.