What is the loss we talking about? In a perfect world you would get refund of your items.. but the world is far from perfect..
Off the top of my head... several thousand bloods/laws/deaths, couple D-squares, one or two meds, I think a d-sword and axe, a few sets of rune, some decent stacks of herbs. Not really a lot to most people, but... my whole bank, lol. All I have left is what runes and gear I had put on my mage tank while I was party training with him.
But I'm not a huge personality on this server, not well-known, not friends with any mods or admins. I don't expect to see any of it back, but it doesn't hurt to ask, right?
If I don't get any of it back then I am severely less-inclined to purchase subscription cards in the future. If you want things done then you have to speak with your wallet, not a forum post. If I were to buy some combination of plat + gold subs this minor incident could cost them anywhere from $60-180 over the next year for one character alone.
Am I threatening, no, I don't think so. But I really don't think a few software developers have a firm grasp on interactions with customers and how business and marketing actually works. Especially after reading most of the interactions between them and the server population.