I had to give this bed a chance simply because of the price (even after seeing some less than favorable reviews regarding the shape of the bed after shipping).  Mine fortunately made it through the shipping process unscathed, but there was one little spot on one of the side rails that had a nick in it, but fortunately it's very unnoticeable due to the location of it.  Other than that, it was really easy to assemble and looks like what I wanted!  The 3 "cross-bars" they provided to go underneath the box spring seemed really flimsy, so I used some metal ones I had from my prior bed, so I can't really comment on those.