Fine Angel hair, not so Fine?

I remember I bought one of Geofatboy's Shavenation lather bowls he was selling at a discount because the manufacturer didn't make them up to scratch. The bowl was fine but the logo and the finish was poor. He later went on to say that of all the bowls he had made in China almost 60% of them weren't fit to be sold at full price so when restocking he sought out a US based manufacturer to ensure the required quality and as a consequence he would obviously be charging more for the product.
The old saying still rings true no matter what you are buying " buy cheap, buy twice".

I can't really blame China for this. sure, they may screw up some brushes (so do Americans and Europeans and everyone else), but someone doing QC on the product before selling it would CLEARLY spot the brush that the OP posted here and then pull it from being sold or sell it at a deep discount. I blame the vendor, personally.

I remember I bought one of Geofatboy's Shavenation lather bowls he was selling at a discount because the manufacturer didn't make them up to scratch. The bowl was fine but the logo and the finish was poor. He later went on to say that of all the bowls he had made in China almost 60% of them weren't fit to be sold at full price so when restocking he sought out a US based manufacturer to ensure the required quality and as a consequence he would obviously be charging more for the product.
The old saying still rings true no matter what you are buying " buy cheap, buy twice".

I can't really blame China for this. sure, they may screw up some brushes (so do Americans and Europeans and everyone else), but someone doing QC on the product before selling it would CLEARLY spot the brush that the OP posted here and then pull it from being sold or sell it at a deep discount. I blame the vendor, personally.

I don't think either party have done anything that would be acceptable to me if I had forked out my hard earned money for a brush thats knot was firstly set at an angle then fell out of the handle before the paint came off and the handle broke into two pieces. It's a poor show all round.

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I remember I bought one of Geofatboy's Shavenation lather bowls he was selling at a discount because the manufacturer didn't make them up to scratch. The bowl was fine but the logo and the finish was poor. He later went on to say that of all the bowls he had made in China almost 60% of them weren't fit to be sold at full price so when restocking he sought out a US based manufacturer to ensure the required quality and as a consequence he would obviously be charging more for the product.
The old saying still rings true no matter what you are buying " buy cheap, buy twice".

I can't really blame China for this.  sure, they may screw up some brushes (so do Americans and Europeans and everyone else), but someone doing QC on the product before selling it would CLEARLY spot the brush that the OP posted here and then pull it from being sold or sell it at a deep discount.  I blame the vendor, personally.

I don't think either party have done anything that would be acceptable to me if I had forked out my hard earned money for a brush thats knot was firstly set at an angle then fell out of the handle before the paint came off and the handle broke into two pieces. It's a poor show all round.

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yes, but we also have to remember that it's a $20 brush. easy things like setting a knot correctly should be spotted during QC, whether at the factory or before shipment. I don't expect some top of the line material for the handle though.

I remember I bought one of Geofatboy's Shavenation lather bowls he was selling at a discount because the manufacturer didn't make them up to scratch. The bowl was fine but the logo and the finish was poor. He later went on to say that of all the bowls he had made in China almost 60% of them weren't fit to be sold at full price so when restocking he sought out a US based manufacturer to ensure the required quality and as a consequence he would obviously be charging more for the product.
The old saying still rings true no matter what you are buying " buy cheap, buy twice".

I can't really blame China for this.  sure, they may screw up some brushes (so do Americans and Europeans and everyone else), but someone doing QC on the product before selling it would CLEARLY spot the brush that the OP posted here and then pull it from being sold or sell it at a deep discount.  I blame the vendor, personally.

I don't think either party have done anything that would be acceptable to me if I had forked out my hard earned money for a brush thats knot was firstly set at an angle then fell out of the handle before the paint came off and the handle broke into two pieces. It's a poor show all round.

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yes, but we also have to remember that it's a $20 brush.  easy things like setting a knot correctly should be spotted during QC, whether at the factory or before shipment.  I don't expect some top of the line material for the handle though.

Neither do I but the handle should remain in one piece unless it's getting seriously mistreated . $20 or not , it still should be able to perform the task it is made for otherwise don't make it or pay someone else to make it poorly for you.
Both parties are at fault for the same thing which is either passing them fit for purpose at the manufacture stage and then ( assuming Mr Fine takes receipt then ships to customers ) sending them out to customers either checked and sent anyway or sent without checking on the quality of the individual items. It's lazy business practice whatever way you slice it. I would never sell a brush on a BST page that had an uneven knot without expressly advertising that fact and pricing accordingly. Then there is the issue of the paint rubbing off, we could go on and on about this but like i said on my last post as far as I'm concerned it's a poor show all round.