I so anticipated getting this writing desk.
When it arrived my son-in-law & I immediately unpacked it & when we were checking to see if all the pieces were there we noticed the table top had a split in the top coating.  I was a bit upset but decided to keep it since the wood itself wasn't broke.  I doctored it with a furniture pin.  Also as we were putting it together the instructions were incomplete.  Since we have put other furniture together we were able to figure it out.  I am including a picture of the crack.  hopefully this type of thing can be prevented in future furniture.  I will say I like the sturdiness of the table once it's togetherness.