User blog comment:The Milkman/Skyrim 1.8 Beta Update/@comment-50.13.63.49-20121028155354/@comment-80.216.121.245-20121029045219

Actually, you can put anything you want in them by dropping the item on the floor and then dragging it to the display case. So it's not that they dont work, it's more like now you can put anything in them, not just weapons, so that's why alot of people think that the cases are broken.