Selling before Thief Steal

[Andrew Hackard]

Presuming it is player B's turn (because you cannot sell when it is not your turn), if player A has discarded a card to "power" the theft ability, he gets to complete that ability before player B has a chance to sell his stuff. Unless your group REALLY likes cut-throat games where split-second timing matters, I think a player who says "I'm going to try to steal" and obviously tosses a card down has completed the discard even if the card hasn't hit the table yet. I would tend to look with disfavor in most friendly* games upon a player who said "I'msellingItemsnow" in that fraction of a second between the theft declaration and the discard hitting the table.

* You know what I mean.