I purchased this bench for a wedding gift and although the packaging looking very sufficient, the middle brace on the seat's screws had pulled loose from the seat, leaving the holes messed up.   What concerns me it that the screws that pulled out don't look long enough or the seat slats aren't thick enough for the screws to go in far enough to hold this brace to the bench with all of the movement it will incur with people sitting on it.
Wayfair was great and replaced the bench in time for the wedding and the second one did come in intact.    We plan to use Loctite on the screws as the bench is very nice looking., although it would have been preferable for an item this expensive, to not need fortifying.

Pros: Nice quality of wood
Cons: Construction/design may be in question