The product is shipped as described. The price is indicative of quality of build. For our purposes we had to add supplemental support. I would say that the weight capacity is roughly 350 pounds per bench, which is troubling if you have two fully grown men sitting on one bench together. This product is very apparently built on a production line in China, finishes spray applied and a heavy dose of wood filler used to hide a crack on the underside of a table.