We love this desk, and are very pleased with the quality. No chips or scratches at all and even though there are dozens and dozens of parts, they are all clearly labeled and not one was wrong or missing. 
That being said, prepare yourself for a few hours of assembly time, bring your sense of humour and a magnifying glass to decipher the teenie tiny details on the assembly drawings and resign yourself to the fact that you will end up attaching a few things upside down or backwards and have to go back a few steps to get it right because the instructions kind of suck. However the end result is well worth the effort. Its such a great piece when its all put together.