Not as securely packaged as I would have hoped. Some of the metal sides had scratches. The manufacturer put stickers on each piece to help w the assembly which is definitely needed to identify what's what, but the stickers were not the kind that peel off of the wood shelves easily and they left marks on every single piece. Saving grace that these were put on the underside, except of course for the top one that is now visible / required a number of additional steps to clean up. One of the feet arrived broken, and there was no way to receive just that one part replacement. Can't have a bookshelf with one foot missing, and so had to return.