is this a joke?

If I could give these 0 stars, I would. I have attached a picture so you can see how horrible these brushes are. This is after ONE use! The brush hairs collapsed into the ferrule, and shed everywhere. If you tugged on the brush hair the whole thing popped out of the ferrule. I know they are inexpensive brushes, but I have very inexpensive brush sets that have performed well and held up for years. I do not know how they are so highly rated, unless I just got a bad batch, but I highly doubt that.

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