Normally I don't post in FB which is why I comment earlier on the disconnect. In any event I wanted to hear his side of things before doing anything.
First, it wasn't an exit disconnect because he appeared in ruins for more than a minute and also we waited around for 20 minutes or so in party after the disconnect since he had the ???. Could be that his connection really went down for 20+ minutes like an ISP thing but it was by no means a connection hiccup. While people were saying it was force DC, I was the one who gave benefit of the doubt and said to wait before jumping the gun.
The chance he got drop is kind of low and he said he got a leather ring. I don't know for sure, just what he said. However, it would've been nice for him to send a /tell to one of us to at least show a sign of good faith. He says he already has the ring and can't get two, which just further sounds weird. Why would you ID something when all you can get is crap (if you indeed have the ring) and most everything else is worth less than the appraisal price (since most doesn't sell well on AH, so going by NPC price)? Probably a better idea to just tell the party leader or one of the other members of that run.
Now I don't know if he stole the r/e ring or not. I don't know if he really had the ring prior. All I know is he did disappear with the ??? item and did not make an effort to tell anyone when he did appraise it so they could get in on it. In the end, it's more the thought that counts type gripe. Some people were pretty upset about the ring, but it's nothing to lose sleep over. My suggestion is just be extra careful if you're doing an event with him.