The first of three stools went together very easily.  I was happy.  But as I proceeded to put the other two together, I started running into all sorts of problem with the pre-drilled holes not being very accommodating to the screws.  Cross threaded, poorly crafted, poor finish areas, rough raw wood in spots youd expect finish...just not what I expected for the price.  Some very rough areas and I took pictures if youd like to see what Im talking about.