Sigh...well needless to say, I just received the umbrella to go with my new table and umbrella stand/base. First of all, the box was torn in places and in one section it was nearly ripped in half. I opened the box and took out the umbrella, carefully looked over the fabric, and so far there were not any rips in the fabric, but...when I had my son put it up in the new table, we noticed that the pole was dented near the base of the handle. It's got to go back!
Very disappointed since we had been waiting for this umbrella. Hopefully they will send me a replacement umbrella, since I bought another one just like this one a month or so ago for my sister's patio table and it arrived just fine and in good shape.