Post: #3

There shouldn't be that many items newbified going in and out of vendor boxes really.
Obviously a spell book is the main exception to the rule, if that is the main concern why not just add an event to spell books under the @dclick trigger to check for the newbie flag and add it if it is needed.
The event shouldn't fire that much anyway as a new owner would likely only dclick the spell book a couple of times, likely setting up their icon shortcuts once they obtain the book.