Looks a little bent, but I’m not sure if it’s from shipping or manufacturing. It was well-packed with cardboard triangles in each corner, though, and there are dents and dings around the middle, so I guess that is from mfg. It looks like it was gripped hard by man or machine and it bent. It is on the floor in my LR right now, being carefully considered. I will decide tomorrow if I want to keep it. Not as in love with the real thing as I was the photo. Oh, and it does sound like an empty metal  garbage can.