Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20180302054413/@comment-27306930-20180303062007

Ouch ! Close to the bone there Matt. Those of us at a "certain age" might strongly disagree. And believe me, my friend Sherry is nowhere near retirement age. I can tell from her, um, voice.

But inevitably you're probably right. Cheap Worker springs and Chinese upgrade kits have undoubtedly put a huge kink in the OMW business plan. There are dozens of LongShot springs in varying strengths from a multitude of suppliers in Asia for a lot less money with free shipping. Add to that, most Nerfers today could care less whether their plungers are polyoxymethylene or plain old plastic. They might as well be made of compressed toilet paper tubes for all they care.

So maybe this is economic Darwinism at its finest. Bigger, better, faster beats out quality, consistency, and customer service. The way it goddam should be. Or, um, yeah, maybe not so much.