This is a great guitar! It is difficult to understand how Sire manages to sell it at this price range. On the other hand, maybe what should be difficult to understand is why Fender and other brandes charge anywhere around €1800 for a similar quality guitar. It really makes you wonder about brand value.
Apart from a minor black mark underneath the laker, and believing that it came like this from the factory and no other obscure thing happened, the guitar looks great, plays great and is well worth the price.