There were dings and a big whole in the underside of the top of the desk when it arrived.  The box was very beat up.  But since it was the underside of the desk we didn't bother with trying to exchange it.  Once it's all put together it's very  nice and exactly what I was looking for.  I got the credenza as well so I had an L shaped desk.  It was really easy to put together too, I was able to do it myself in about half an hour.  My husband came into the room to help me and I had it almost completley done already.