Think i lucked out with the assembly because i noticed 2 things that made it a piece of cake. First of all when you lay out the base i noticed the 3 black cords are all different length. So i put the end pieces in according to that, i.e longest end piece with the longest black cord. That way the configurationangle of the three works out just as pictured. Next when trying to push the wire through the poles, i was having a bit of trouble with my big fingers until i noticed the metal threadconnectors at the end of each pole come out. So i took each one out as i was threading through the wire and then put it back after each 
piece. It was so so easy after that.  All pieces arrived safely and looks just like picture. Worst part of whole experience was sweeping up the pesky pellets from the packing polystyrene :)