We like the end result of the crate.  It is definitely a nice, quality crate.
We didnt necessarily care for the packaging as all the pieces were really stuck together, but once we got the pieces apart it was easy to assemble.  It was a 2 person job holding it and putting it together,but went rather quickly.  I priced this at otherweb sites and way fair had the best price and there was no delay in shipping.  If you went thru petco, there was a 3 week delay and price increase.