This is definitely not a $550 chaise. I do think it was an OK deal for what I paid. The directions were fine, took me probably 10 minutes to put together. It looks nice and it holds my 6'2" 200lbs. just fine. It might last a couple of summers.  The plastic brackets the hold the back were both cracked on delivery but not worth returning. For the price, I wasn't expecting 10 years out of it.