cause you steal 1 bullet and then you can say goodbye to this town since your reputation is fucked.
Give back my .44 magnum FMJ bullet! Oh, wait, I spent more on you when you was running away ;p
Little suggestion: What about making stolen items, like in TES: Oblivion, - "hot". So no any NPC will buy it, except for thugs in Hub and someone in New Reno. And, I know it's almost impossible to implement, make reputation restored again, when you sell stealed stuff for thier regenerated caps (like you do it in normal town), so if you're good thief (have good steal skill+can run away from an angry guy with a gun from the city) you can restore reputation and steal again.
*NPCs, who buying "hot" items restore your reputation for thier caps only for "hot" items, not regular.
**After selling "hot" item to such NPCs they become "sold hot (or don't know...)" items, so if you resell them, you won't get any reputation boost, and you still can't sell them to normal NPC traders.
***Stealing "hot" item already from someone is 100% success, regardless of Steal skill, and it's safe (like stealing from unconscious).
****Selling "hot" items to NPC restores your reputation only lost by stealing, not killing or faction or something else.
*****I know, it's impossible to implement.
Edit: Damn, I only now saw that this isn't a topic about stealing.