Because the Chuds who sell this don’t actually give a shit. They aren’t nerds or fans, they largely are “entrepreneur” types who are grifting off fans with their borderline dropshipping bullshit.
Miss the days of genuine handcrafted pieces from people who care. Now it’s some fuckin maga head cryptobro trying to make a buck while telling me how trumps going to kick the Jews out of the Federal reserve when all I wanted was my god damn corrupted ashbringer. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a8aed7a6-bbc0-41b7-bab5-e20f1fbda8f8.jpeg
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.
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 also can’t do whatever the fuck you want with someone else’s property, which IMO supersedes the “getting to know the merchandise”. If the terms of the seller is not sufficient, don’t buy it. Or do buy it, try it out (without damaging or breaking it), and exercise your right to return if you don’t like it. But don’t fuck around with it unless you both agree or you pay.
Even if it is damaged or broken, you’d be able to return it for the full price, because you did not get what you were promised (at least in countries with legal warranty)
If they are sold as “replica swords”, and the seller assumes this means “display piece” and the buyer assumes this means “larp-usable sword”, the sale is null as no meeting of minds has happened.
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.
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.
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.
The only problem is that the functional replica anime sword section is probably going to be entirely empty. They’re basically all decorative wall hangers.
They’ll differ in build quality, though. Some might break if you swing them hard, others might break if you hit something with them.
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