Way to communicate contempt for your customers. If you're in the business of selling decorative replicas of cartoon swords, you need to be in on the kayfabe. Nobody is expecting to take one of these to a real swordfight. What they are expecting, however, is to have a cool prop to show their friends, and it's not unreasonable to expect the cool prop to feel like it's not trying to fly across the yard if you swing it around.
If you don't want people to touch the merchandise, the second sign is all you need.
And if someone wanted to check if it is a cheap wall hanger or a replica that could be swung, they might want to do more than just look at it on the wall.
Agreed with your other points but some mall ninjas genuinely believe these could be used haha most people that don't know any better wouldn't know why they couldn't
If I'm buying a sword, even if that sword is going to spend 99% of its time on a wall or in a display case, I still want to know that it feels good to hold, otherwise what's the fucking point of owning a sword.
If I see a sick in the street, I'm going to do the exact same thing, I ain't no expert, I just like to experience a little joy in my life where I can.
I check the heft and balance of sticks I throw for my dog, not because I'm an expert stickmaster, but because it's nice to know the weight and feel of something before I start swinging it around and throwing it.
Yeah honestly this sign just screams "I don't understand my audience". Like, you're selling nerdy swords to nerds in a store that seemingly caters to nerd stuff - of course the nerds interested in your products are gonna do nerdy stuff with it.
Given what the sign below it says, I think the point they're trying to make is just that they don't want people playing around with this stuff before buying it. I'm guessing "I'm checking the balance" or something like that is a common excuse they hear from customers who took something off the wall without permission.
The store would rather a staff member be present to minimize the risk of a customer breaking something.
You pay for something once you know what you're getting. If you don't know what you're getting, it can hardly be argued there was ever a meeting of minds. See the "The Peerless" case.
You still have to carry it around all day if you're using it for cosplay and shit, if someone wants to see how it feels in their hands then why is that an issue?
Was going to say, you may still have to swing it around and strike a pose for a cosplay pic, maybe check if it's going to hang awkwardly in the scabbard of the costume, or maybe just let that little inner kid loose in the back yard in some imaginary battles against hordes of invaders. Maybe you want to know if it's going to rattle alarmingly, or feel as if the blade will fly off the hilt at any moment.
They may be toys, but you still don't want to be buying crap that's going to fall apart in the middle of a con.
Who knows maybe I will be swinging it around my house when I'm alone before the other half gets home. Thats the part where it needs to not have a weird weight distribution or the blade come loose from the hilt.
Sign is trash - owner wants to get rid of the "silly cartoon swords" but they make too much money.
Then separate them into "replica sword" and "basically just a painting to hang in your living room" sections and lock the part that's useless in a display case.
Yup. So far everything is ok. Lemmy is very international. And we are experiencing some culture clash -- which is a good thing. And some of us are experiencing for the first time... "the odd-humor comic book store owner\guy", and the Letter Kenny actors, and swordsmith\swordmaking. I love this weird and wonderful place.
Sure, but sometimes you want to see specific content, not see a bunch of content and sometimes see that thing you wanted to see an hour ago. By your logic, we could just get rid of communities and have nothing but an 'all' area.