I didn't want to believe what others had written about the assembly of this product but, it was so true.  Whoever the inspector was to move this product through should be fired!  It took three men, three hours or more to assemble this product.  The holes never lined up on two of the fours chairs purchased.  We had to end up drilling new holes to put them together.  Then they were lop-sided and now I'll have to purchase a piece to stabilize them.  If this product had been lighter and not so costly to return, I would have and been done w/this nightmare.  But, once we got through this horrific ordeal, and it really was...  The  chairs are nice but, truly they are not worth the headache of the assembly!