[PLEASE HELP] I'm about to loose my mind - A change arrangement quest, Riften

[N0VA]

So I'm trying to do the thing where you steal the ring and plant it on the other dude, and like when the distraction starts, not everyone in the area goes to it, and each time I restart it it's diffrent people. Mainly the 3 storm cloak guards right infront of the box I need to open, they just wont move?? And if I'm lucky only 1 will remain and the other two move? People start idle coversations with me when i walk path, something isn't right!

So it always says I'm detected and I aways get caught? Like I can't get handy to the ring and when I do it gets me caught when I'm planting the ring, I got it done right once and they just stood there for an hour doing nothing before I said okay I must of messed something up and restarted it again. also does it matter which ring? as planting two seems to get me insta caught, but i dont rm which ring it was he wanted me to get but I tried both togehter and each seprately and still had problems??

Can someone help me because I'm about to loose my mind, i've even tried killing whoever is detecting me because they don't seem to pay attention to the distraction and that doesn't work either i've wasted so much time on this and I can't figure it out oh my god.

[N0VA]

rEALLY NEED SOME HELP ON THIS LIKE THIS IS DRIVING ME INSAINE

[krazyleroy]

i recommend leaving riften for a little while, do a different quest somewhere else. then come back and try the chance arrangement quest again. or reload an earlier save. and read this http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:A_Chance_Arrangement

[The Rock God]

Start quest.
Go into another building.
Come back out, Brynjolf notices your failure, says not to worry about it.
Continue questline.

[Trigger]

take sneak up to 100 and fully perked up.

[Fiddlewidget]

Originally posted by The Rock God:

Start quest.
Go into another building.
Come back out, Brynjolf notices your failure, says not to worry about it.
Continue questline.

Definitely the only way for me. In my case, everyone is at the distraction and I am totally invisible (by potion) in addition to sneaking. Yet the instant I open the strongbox (even if I don't take anything) I'm caught. Impossible to complete. So yeah, just fail it and drive on. My only question is, why bother to create the quest to begin with if it can't be done?