I've learned you get what you pay for.  The price was very reasonable and the headboard arrived quickly.  However, the assembly instructions were minimal, so I just had to figure it out myself pretty much.  Also, the item is a coated fiberboard, and one end of the inner headboard piece you insert into the side rails was warped and starting to shred, making the insertion difficult, and giving a poor looking final product.  Also, the mounting hardware to attach a set of standard bed rails did not correlate with what was provided with this headboard, so yet another thing I had to alter to make work.  Really frustrating!  But for the price, I shouldn't be too surprised I guess.