GLets face it these are a relatively cheep chair, and I wasn’t expecting the earth, but nowhere in the main body of the advertisement does it suggest that they are self assembly.  I had expected to receive 4 chairs, but instead got various bits of wood and an Allen key.  The chairs are of Malaysian origin and so the wood is quite hard and brittle, but overall they provide what was described.  I will just have to remember to read the small print next time.