Bullet Strat HSS BSB : Sounds amazing, quality is average at best

I was looking for a beginner's electric guitar, strat primarily. Was torn between this one and Yamaha Pacifica 012. However, I liked the sound of Squier Bullet more. It is more bright and has more classic strat feeling to it. I mean, this guitar does sound like a proper strat, like an expensive strat. For this price, it's simply amazing. Playability is quite good too.

But obviously, the very same price is the reason for many tradeoffs and cut corners quality-wise. Tuners are not terrible, but I can't call them nice either. They are so-so.

Also, slight traces of glue, uneven tightness of screws, bolts and nuts. One specific bridge saddle was very bad. It's leg didn't move properly and scratched the bridge.

But these are minor annoyances. The bigger one is the misaligned neck which I discovered when was trying to identify the source of a fret buzz. It's just bolted to the body so poorly that one side is slightly raised, leading to crazy fret buzz on lower strings that only goes away when action is raised so high that it's unplayable. Sent it back, but asked for a replacement. Still like it.