While I wasn't exactly expecting high-quality design for the price, the bookcases' packaging and certain product quality managed to fail my already diminished expectations.

There were two major problems. First, the packing bag that contained the screws and nails was wafer thin and, unsurprisingly, burst during shipping. Instead of having my screws and nails all in one place, I got to play Where's Waldo trying to find them all in the box. And the floor. And the bookcase. I'm going to have nightmares of having to dodge around nails to avoid my foot getting crucified. 

Second, the back particle board is actually third particle boards taped together. Given the "precision" of the taping of these boards, I assume the manufacturer got a toddler drunk and had them tape the boards together. Good luck trying to get the board to lie flat and, maybe more importantly, not stick out somewhere. It's impossible. I tried. Trust me.