I bought this item to help with my Christmas decorating, specifically to hold my garland up along my electric fireplace unit. In the past I had used packing tape, but decided to get a little more sophisticated this year. The product actually worked great for the intended purpose, however, upon removal, the adhesive ripped chunks of the finish off my fireplace unit. I now have a ruined $600 fireplace unit that looks like garbage with large chunks of the finish missing in multiple places... guess I should have stuck with the tape (it left residue, but at least it didn't ruin my furniture!). This is unable to be fixed as it is a finish over the material the fireplace is made of, not just simply painted wood.

It should be noted that I followed the installation instructions to the letter as I was afraid these hooks may not be able to hold the weight of the garland.