You can see by the pictures of the box that it came in damaged, and I was disappointed with the carrier as I kept getting messages that it was out for delivery and then had to wait a few days.  At one point it was in my town and then transferred to another carrier 2 hours away.  Anyways, there are a few places where the bed was damaged, as you can see in the picture for the corner, and that particular corner, the board was split ( I didnt get a picture of that area)  Putting the bed together was very easy.  I recommend using a drill for the part of screwing the slats (black tarp) to the bed rails.  I am excited to put a mattress on it and use it in our guest bedroom.  Also it differs from the picture on the website as there are no support poles in the middle of the bed (under the tarp)