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Preventing Unintentional Quest Turn-ins
Having an NPC steal your good boots, when what you wanted was to give him your not-nearly-as-good boots, is a frustrating pain! So we've tweaked the behavior a little:
Equipment that is part of a Load-Out is never counted as part of a Quest or Work-Order.
Equipment that is in a Vendor-Locked folder is never counted as part of a Quest or Work-Order. (Note this only applies to equipment, not other items. This is so that players can still put regular quest items in vendor-locked folders to prevent accidentally selling them, and the items can still be turned in for the quest.)
I think maybe the original post was from before the patch that should address the issue, but if this still is occuring it should be report using the in-game bug report.