I have never paid this much for a mail box, but so glad that we did.  It is not only made incredibly well made but we have hands down the most beautiful mail box on the entire street.  What a difference it made to our curb appeal.  We had it up for two weeks and it got hit by a car that ran off the road...completely knocked it down, ironically that has never happened before.  Because we love it so much, we ordered another just like it.  Even after getting hit head on by a car, the box part was still in tact...because it was made so well.  Love it.