Squier Affinity Tele Olympic White

25 years ago Squiers you found in shops were rough and poorly made, and you pretty well had to finish them yourself to have a playable guitar. Things have improved since then and Squier guitars became much better (I owned this same model 6 or 7 years ago and that one was fine) and companies like Harley Benton in particular have raised expectations when you buy even a budget guitar. If you buy something it should be usable then and there and not need further work.
This guitar brought back memories of those old days....and I've had this with another Squier guitar recently as well. It felt 'cheap' and needed a lot of TLC to get it playable...and I could tell it would never be a valued instrument.
There have been a few of these B stock recently too, so I suspect this is a general quality problem within the company.
I'm not going to buy any more Squier guitars online.