This is the latest UBI economy balancing "feature"... I see it as an improved form of artificial economic consumption vs the lame Golem and other "Click Here 10,000,000x" events they've been releasing to compensate for a poorly conceived game economy.
A technical implementation of redistribution of wealth. GENIUS!
thanks th i think that's happened to me couple times but never noticed. also if u get a zone error any trades u have up will be lost also so be careful.