i'm sure they havent closed the bug yet, but just made it more difficult. you cant account for server lag or anyhitng like that so we need to find a work around. i'm still trying to find the linked server method/way cos i'm sure that works on lag also and the timings of when you enter the portal (look earlier in this thread to know what i'm talking about)
as for making your items genuine... collect (...or dupe, lol) your earth alchemy powders and turn them into origins of beauty, if you can get that far, using the apulune quest. dupe 5 of them and then hand them in to the NPC to complete the ramaining quest to obtain [1000]etin. what you have done here, is like i said before, you lose your duped items to the system and get your genuine [1000]etin in return, which sells for alot of gold or simply hand in to cover expenses in your guild house... see where i'm going with this now :)
as for weapons and armour, well, you only need the original, dupe that 3 times and then go to the bootleggery, there is an NPC which with 3 items, will combine the stats to give you 1 item in return... the genuine item, all with its own unique ID.
i said it was easy :P
dont let anyone scare you off with this, you got to be quick and have no duped items on your account at the end of each session. the only time they scan for dupes is during maint, which is just common sense really. so always do this in blocks and leave no dupes on your account at anytime. then make a transaction to your genuine toon to make you toon the innocent party shud anything go wrong.
there must be another way, so lets find it and post back here :)
any other ideas guys?