It's been a while since we bought the lamp post but it is holding up very well.  I love the look of the flower bed next to the house with the lamp part of the design.  The ones we saw at the store just looked like every other lamp and I needed it to be a bit different.  Of course, you need to buy the lamp itself, and I recommend buying a solar lamp which would make installation easy.  We bought an electrical light, so that entailed more work and a knowledge of electricity.  But I love the final result and recommend the product.  We bought the black one as black matches our house trim.