Whoever did the setup does not know how hard you press strings or how high you like your strings. You have to do the setup yourself to get it rite. I cannot think of any other ways to do rite.
There is within reasonable and outside reasonable. Set-up and other aspects of finishing are intensive of skilled labour and that is a zone where big savings are made in cheaper guitars. That said, my Gibson Les Paul was atrociously set-up, particularly the nut slots so price is not always a guide.
There made by 8 years olds in China. :-) They look the part, but lets be honest, they don't last. Its all cheap running gear dressed up to look ok. Sorry mate, it sounds like a cheapo Guitar. Buy cheap, by 10 times. Save and get a real guitar made by a decent firm, not some knock off shit made in the fsar east.
yes you are right, but then some people do not have the money to buy Gibson or fender or what ever!! but they are Ok for people just starting out, and lets face it some of the far east shit as you put is make fenders etc!!!