The laminate is pulling up on one of the bottom corners of the nightstand.  It looks like it was maybe dropped and the bottom scraped. I can't be sure.  I don't remember there being damage to the box at all - it didn't look roughed up and was in pretty good shape.  The packaging was okay, but I don't recall there being those little cardboard corner protectors on any of the corners.  If it were to have been dropped or mishandled, then having those protectors would have surely helped.  Being as the box wasn't damaged in any way, I'm leaning towards more of a quality control issue prior to packing it into the box.  The quality is okay for the price.  It's not high end by any means and you get what you pay for, especially buying it site unseen.  I'd say the quality of the nightstand compares to something you'd buy from a big box retail store.