The box arrived in HORRIBLE shape, had been previously opened and re-taped so I was expecting a mess. But thankfully there was only one small piece of the back of the desk ripped off and my husband was able to glue it.  Love everything else about this desk, except the knobs.  Terribly cheap looking and chipped, so I easily swapped them out. Oh, and it is kind of a pain to assemble.  Definitely use a powered screw driver.