Ok, Here is what you do. go to a tavern, and buy 20 beers. Then go to a shop, and get the guy to follow you a good distance away from the shop. give him 3 beers, and go right back to the shop. customers may come in, but its not likely. Steal everythinmg on the shelves and benches, and then leave town. come back, and the shopkeeper will be back where he belongs. sell the items you stole to him, or keep them, then repeat. Does not work for evil characters, and must have 3 guile.