the item lock glitch

is that item lock glitch still around? when your item lock expires, there will be an expiration date on your item. just wondering because i recently item locked my weapon and i'm scared when it unlocks :/

The item lock works as follows:

You Lock An Item
1) it is marked locked
2) an expiration timer is put on the item. This is the same expiration timer that is used for expiring items.
3) As long as your item is marked locked, when the expiration date hits, the only thing that vanishes is the lock. (the item stays)

To create a scenario where an item expires the following must be done:
1) You must contact Nexon to remove the lock early
2) They must mess up and forget to remove the expiration timer.

To avoid having your items expire:
Just let the locked item expire on its own.
As long as the item is marked locked (you should see a lock picture) only the lock will vanish on expiration

so if i do ask them to remove my lock, they'll "mess" up for sure?

That's hard to say, I only know 2 cases where someone requested a lock removed on a timer locked item.
In both cases the item glitched, but there really hasn't been enough cases to say for sure.
Its not something that people are really interested in testing out.

so if i do ask them to remove my lock, they'll "mess" up for sure?

http://maplestory.nexon.net/WZ.ASPX?PART...ntNo=005ZV

Dear Maplers,

We will no longer be processing Item Guard unlock requests submitted after 8/12/09. We will still process requests for items locked with a permanent Item Guard, but if your Item Guard has a set time duration, you will need to wait for the Item Guard to unlock on its own.

Thank you for your understanding.

-MapleStory Staff-

This August 17th, 2009 announcement states it so that you cannot remove the lock of a temporarily locked item. You CAN however, request the removal of a permanent lock; but that's not relevant to your case.

okay i guess i'll just wait a year ._. thanks