diff --git a/Tactical/Handle Items.cpp b/Tactical/Handle Items.cpp
index 360a6e17..4f4e59e6 100644
--- a/Tactical/Handle Items.cpp	
+++ b/Tactical/Handle Items.cpp	
@@ -4206,12 +4206,15 @@ void SoldierGiveItemFromAnimation( SOLDIERTYPE *pSoldier )
 		}
 		else
 		{
+			//CHRISL: The item we're handing over potentially came from an inventory slot but was placed into the cursor.  So why are we deleting any remaining
+			//	items left in the inventory slot we started from.  When we moved the item from a stack into the cursor, we created a seperate stack and it's this
+			//	new stack we should be exclusively working with.  Not the stack we took items from.
 			// Erase!
-			if ( bInvPos != NO_SLOT )
-			{
-				DeleteObj(&pSoldier->inv[ bInvPos ]);
-				DirtyMercPanelInterface( pSoldier, DIRTYLEVEL2 );
-			}
+//			if ( bInvPos != NO_SLOT )
+//			{
+//				DeleteObj(&pSoldier->inv[ bInvPos ]);
+//				DirtyMercPanelInterface( pSoldier, DIRTYLEVEL2 );
+//			}
 
 			// Now intiate conv
 			InitiateConversation( pTSoldier, pSoldier, APPROACH_GIVINGITEM, (INT32)&gTempObject );
diff --git a/Tactical/Interface Items.cpp b/Tactical/Interface Items.cpp
index 1f4c05a5..ee283d79 100644
--- a/Tactical/Interface Items.cpp	
+++ b/Tactical/Interface Items.cpp	
@@ -6353,15 +6353,16 @@ BOOLEAN HandleItemPointerClick( INT32 usMapPos )
 			sAPCost = GetAPsToGiveItem( gpItemPointerSoldier, usMapPos );
 		}
 
+		//CHRISL: This doesn't make sense to me.  If we take an item out of a stack and then click on something, why would we first attempt to put the item
+		//	back in the stack we took it from.  The item in the cursor should be recognized as a seperate stack at this point.
 		// Place it back in our hands!
-
 		gTempObject = *gpItemPointer;
 
-		if ( gbItemPointerSrcSlot != NO_SLOT )
-		{
-			PlaceObject( gpItemPointerSoldier, gbItemPointerSrcSlot, gpItemPointer );
-			fInterfacePanelDirty = DIRTYLEVEL2;
-		}
+//		if ( gbItemPointerSrcSlot != NO_SLOT )
+//		{
+//			PlaceObject( gpItemPointerSoldier, gbItemPointerSrcSlot, gpItemPointer );
+//			fInterfacePanelDirty = DIRTYLEVEL2;
+//		}
 /*
 		//if the user just clicked on an arms dealer
 		if( IsMercADealer( MercPtrs[ ubSoldierID ]->ubProfile ) )