We are lucky it came alright.  It was very poorly packaged.  It had styrofoam around it that was all broken into small pieces which not only made it subject to breakage, but also was an awful mess to clean up!  There was a plastic bag inside that was to contain the hardware to put it together but the bag was ripped open and we had to hunt to find the little bolts, nuts and washers in among the pieces of styrofoam.