Originally posted by Protius:
I guess you'd have to look up how many times dilithium and latinum have been transported. (if at all) You're more than likely going to have an episode where a Ferengi pockets latinum and then transports somewhere but that could be easily classified as writer oversight.
When you think of Ferengi greed alone, getting a hold of one of these things would make getting rich a useless venture. They could just replicate their latinum and as a result the entire Ferengi Alliance's economy would destabilize before too long and it would be as worthless as gold.