Oblivion, Fallout 3, New Vegas, and now Skyrim: all of these games have had numerous glitches with quest items. You'd think after 3+ games of this type you guys would learn? I hate getting these items I dont need stuck in my inventory, I spend a lot of time and effort trying to keep a "clean" save file with the smallest amount of glitches I can and then I run into these damn item glitches. If youre going to have items you cant remove you could at *least* make them weightless. Ive already gotten 2 different necklaces, a journal, a book, and a lute stuck in my inventory and ive narrowly avoided (through re-loading older save files) several other items getting stuck in there too. You could at *least* make these items weightless, but even then it's still annoying. I feel like my save file is "tainted" and it's driving me nuts.
My very worst fear is that you will never fix these issues, or that once youre stuck with one it cant be un-done. I remember in New vegas I *still* have this damn helmet "Motor-Runner's Helmet" that I cant drop or be rid-of, and then I wore it too much so it broke and now I cant even use the damn thing, just sits in there uselessly. That game's been out for a while and you *still* havent fixed that.
Please please PLEASE dont let this happen to Skyrim. I really love the game and I want to enjoy it but these item bugs just kill me. Either that or put out a warning list of these bugs so other players can avoid them in the future. Thanks.