If this was just one off the shelf someplace you'de shrug it off. This was missed, got past whatever QC they have at that plant, all the way to being featured on their website... a d its still there! If it was just a one off hanging on a rack somewhere you'd just suggest it off. On the partscasters I've built, and for the replacement tuners I installed on a G-Force'd Gibson, I have a method. I install them with the bushings and nuts finger tight, then use this magnetic straight edge on a level I own to line everything up perfect before drilling anything. Im not mass producing or anything, but if I can come up with a simple idea like that you'd expect Fender to have a jig or something to line them up straight every single time. Its just a small off at the screw point, but transfers to a pretty significant off once you get to the actual bean tuner. Or maybe its their calculated move to get you to spend the extra dough for a Fender USA.