When I opened the curtain package and looked at the panel, I noticed a hole near the bottom of the panel.  I contacted the company to let them know.  They issued me a refund promptly.  I ordered a replacement and found it to be in good shape.  I hung my curtains and they look great!  They turned out to be just what I wanted!  It was hard to find a panel as wide as this one for my window.  One nice thing about this panel was that it had two different pockets; one pocket for a small rod which when using it would create a ruffled header above the rod; and a larger pocket for a bigger rod which would not have a header when using the thicker rod.