We had a post sometime back about the owner slamming his door and some of us, including me, replied that we had never slammed the door and the latch has held up just fine. Could that be the root cause of the cheap latch problem?
I pull on the handle to retract the latch, close and hold the door closed, release the handle, and give the door a little push to be sure it latches completely. We apparently didn't do the very last instruction and the door opened enroute. Very embarrassing but nothing was lost.