was going to start thieves guild (finding the thieves guild) quest,when one of the thieves told me that the grey fox wanted to meet me (as in title) how the heck did i get this quest? it shouldn't be for a while into the thieves guild questline (when i looked it up) i did try it out of interest,but the grey fox just asks me to move along /wink_smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wink_smile:' /> i will do the questline with a different character though as my female breton crusader would never go down that road.

It might be a bug. I remember on one of my first games I never finished the main questline because I did something too early or something and then I couldn't get the quest.
Someone else might know more, I'm not so clued up on game bugs and things.

Which version are you playing on? (PC, Xbox, PS3?)

This is what it says on http://uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Turning_a_Blind_Eye
'This quest can be accidentally triggered by visiting the Temple of the Ancestor Moths, see the bugs section for details. If so, Methredhel will give you a message starting this quest the next time you talk to her -- even if you have not yet joined the Thieves Guild. Although it is possible to complete the Thieves Guild questline this way, it is also possible to trigger several subsequent bugs:'

ah! thanks for the replies.i have the 360 version of game.i had visited the temple of the ancestor moths.that must be the reason.was just confused when it came up (as i was thinking about starting the thieves guild questline) to get a message to say meet the grey fox (straight away!) /ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />

The only problem with this which I found inaccurate after tests, not sure if it's a platform specific, but http://uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Temple_of_the_Ancestor_Moths_(place) it says if you http://images.uesp.net/0/0b/OB-map-Temple_of_the_Ancestor_Moths_Exterior.jpg you'll trigger the quest prematurely whether you're in the TG or not however there is no D door in that area. the D is showing you a group of rocks that supposedly there's a hidden door that accesses something but on the PS3 GOTY edition it's not there. And since I tried entering the usually way i never triggered it after 4 attempts. So i believe UESP might be wrong when it comes to this information because i had no TG quest pop when going in about gray fox wants to see me. Or is this particular only shows up after the fact and in the imperial city?

edit: seems i was mistaken, talking to methredhel seems to triggered the bug on my 5th test. Weird. lol