JimH wrote:maybe it should read '....not perfect NOR beyond questioning....'
I trust you got a replacement?
Oh, right, got it, I read that in another way.
No I didn't get a replacement. I made the mistake of buying it from France and the shop there put every obstacle they could in front of me. It went on for at least 6 months with me contacting the relevant agencies who deal with this stuff but in the end I gave up. At that time there were a number of other people also reported broken Sakuras. So as a consequence you can only go on personal experience and I would never entertain one again.