Yeah, I went through all the posts and saw that someone said if ur doing the "Debt COLLECTOR" quest and get locked out of Vegas, u should get the old cowboy hat and it will work. Or steal from the gate guards, or the shuttle from ncr. Well I tried stealing the key and they banned me, and I cant take the shuttle..I tried to difuse the bomb and wasn't given enough time (I tried 5 times).

So, what's the deal? I've got a good rep with just about every faction.

WTF? There's still no patch to fix all this sh*t?!
I gave up a week ago playing this miserable [censored] game, and I just reminded myself that there should be a patch out now since it has been some time, but no. Nothing.
I guess Bethesda's like; well we got our money, let the players figure out all that [censored].

I have the same problem by the way, the hat trick worked a few times but after that it started freezing again
Even the backup hat trick doesn't work

That's just it though, the trick has never worked for me. I have so much stuff in my room too!