Bought this for our entryway after looking around for while. 
When assembling we noticed several places (and every joint) were patched with wood putty. A corner of the bottom shelf was even built up with wood putty that crumbled away when we took it out of the box. 
Additionally, there is a notch in the front, center of the table top where it appears that something hit it - however, I can't be sure if this happened before packaging or during shipment.