The desk top was scratched and gouged.  I don't think it happened during shipping because the box was in good shape.  I unloaded all the small pieces first and had it mostly put together before getting the desk top out of it's box.  The gouge and scratches were going to be hidden by the printer and monitor so I didn't send it back.  It would have been a lot of work to disassemble it and repack it and it wasn't worth the trouble.  The desk is made out of a solid wood product and aside from the marred top it was a good value for the money.