That's messed up. I mean, to think that their's some wretch who goes out of their way to be a ....virtual thief. Taking someone's video game character and deciding they have to destroy all the equipment on it for jollies. 

Sorry that happened Mardigan, but I tell you what. If you for some reason can't get your equipment restored, I'll gladly lend a hand taking you to the instances I know that have some equipment to get you back on the right track. Won't be the Molten Core purply stuff, but we can getcha strong again.

If someone stripped my character or hacked my account, I'd go to a bunch of Game Trader stores and start pee'in in people's ears. I'd probably do that for 3 years or until caught.