Reputation Points, Ribbons, & Gifts Instructions
Click on the link above and that should help you out some.
Basically the thief option is where you can try and steal points from another cyster who does not have their points in the bank. I think Kat disabled that, but from other threads I have read once in a while it will allow one to go through.
For points, you can either get them donated to you or you can get them by starting a thread and having people reply to you, just like this, or you get points by posting on other threads. When you do get points make sure to put them in the bank. You get interes on them, not alot but it does add up. You can only by ribbons for yourself. Click on vbplaza and click on give ribbons. You can buy gifts for yourself or another cyster by going under vbplaza and clicking on give gifts. Take a look at the above thred , that should help you out alot. hth