Nine months later ... the ends of the table are starting to develop significant splits that are running the length of the surface. The cracks show on the edge and on the top. NO Bueno

Did they throw this off the truck a few times before delivery?
Beautiful table but has 2 gouges in it from the poor packaging and shipping. One corner is chewed up and there is a gouge out of the side edge in the middle. I don't feel like I should have to "fix" a new item like this but I will because repackaging into the already beat up and taped up box seems too daunting. I wish it looked new.