My order arrived quickly within days of placing. The bench is pretty light in weight but works fine for holding 6 pairs of shoes, 2 pairs are 6" high ankle work boots (ON THE BOTTOM SHELF). I originally bought it to use for our older cat to get up & down from our bed more easily, so it's pulling double duty in that respect. Assembly instructions are just diagrams and a little sparse, but if you lay everything out and sort out the hardware, it does make sense and I was able to put it together in about 15 mins. I would not recommend using a power drill to tighten the hardware as it would be very easy to over tighten and either strip the wood or split it. Overall it served my purpose for buying it, but it is definitely not suitable for jumping on or for heavyweight on the top.