Have 'Abandoned' Loot Re-assign Itself

[ComicRelief]

It's my loot and I can do whatever I please with it. If I don't want it and don't want anyone else to have it, I leave it in the chest.

No where, at any time, have I ever - EVER - stated, suggested, or implied that you loot is not your loot. Of course it is! You want it? Take it (it's yours). You want to sell it? Go for it (it's yours). You want to give it to a specific person in your party? Knock yourself out (it's yours). Want to put it up for a roll? OK (it's yours). Want to leave it in the chest to rot? Fine.

Now that you've left it to rot and have left the quest, as far as you are concerned, it's gone - you coulnd't go back in and get it, even if you wanted to. So what do you care what happens after you leave?

{BTW, that's a rhetorical question.}