Buying these bar stools has been the worst experience in my shopping career.  The fact that they "required assembly" was hidden in the specs and could be found only if you clicked on "more" which of course I didn't.  They arrived in boxes and packing materials so complicated that one chair took over an hour to unpack.  When I hit a snag with assembly I called manufacturer (suggested on instructions) and it took 6 calls to get to someone.  And to make it all worse, the screws just don't fit into the places they are supposed to fit.  I have to hire a professional to put these chairs together.  I wanted to return them, but it would have required re-packing the one it took me an hour to unpack and that seemed almost worse than keeping them.  My advice:  DO NOT BUY ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES ASSEMBLY.