I agree with Dedley, I don't use Item Collectors either. That's not to say that I wouldn't like to use them, but imo it's too risky if they could end your characters over it. This is an excerpt from the 1/15/03 patch message:
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** User Interface **
- Item Links are once again creatable from Items and from other Item Links. Please do not attempt to "mine" the servers for undiscovered items. Links now have a built-in mechanism to prevent those who would go on fishing expeditions by sending up many bad links in an attempt to discover new items. These invalid links are logged, as are the accounts of those who create them.
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Is using the Item Collector considered mining for items? Seems like it would be....
Edited, Tue Jan 20 22:29:16 2004 by Arayus