@TwoShort

I appreciate the tip, but I am well aware of what I am buying before I buy it, and the issues around sketchy sex toys. Much of what they sell is questionable and/or outright junk, just like any such store, but just as much is quality stuff. When I say that they are labeled for novelty use only, I mean that almost every item in the store has the exact same sticker attached. It is clear that the store is using them to skirt the edge of the law.

I live in Birmingham, and my wife and I have access to a really great shop selling a wide variety of items labeled "For Novelty Use Only". It would seem that there are any number of ways to just barely sidestep this law and sell whatever the people want. And they do want it, let me assure you.