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4.5
I Still Need the Pantry I am going to Keep it ... Its a great color and I was hoping to find Matching pieces .... I'm not happy with the Price and with the Price things on here you can see they're Price Gouging ... I was looking for another supplier ... I haven't got it yet and the Tracking # said it would be here today I'll have to call and seeI've waited nearly three weeks to write this review because I wanted to calm down and not just rant and rave. Yes, I read all the reviews which warned of possible problems but...it looked so much like what I was looking for (especially the price) that I took a chance.The piece of furniture itself was perfect for its intended purpose, however, damage to the cabinet due to, for the most part, packaging and shipping just gives this a 3 star review. My comment about 'for the most part' is because there was damage to the top piece of this cabinet that was not due to shipping. It looked like someone had bashed it with a hammer and then did what they thought was their best to repair it. Trust me, their best was really not good enough. Added to that was that the cabinet was poorly packaged which had disaster written all over it from the beginning. When the UPS delivery man arrived there was a 1 1/2 foot split on one edge of the box which totally exposed the contents. There was a small chunk out of one of the side boards and because the entire package looked like it had been mishandled there were a couple of other places with small dings in it.Pros: An attractive piece of furniture (had it arrived without damage). The price is extremely affordable. Easily assembled.Cons: Poor packaging. Cabinet damaged before it left the factory and further damaged by poor packaging although I have to think the UPS should share in the responsibility for the condition in which it arrived.On the whole the cabinet was exactly what I was looking for to store some of my grandchildren's toys and because it was going in a bedroom where it would not be seen by anyone walking into the house I deemed it good enough to keep.I chose not to return it because it was not worth the effort to repackage this heavy item. After all, I am sure I would not be allowed to ship it back the way it was shipped to me. And since it is not a piece of furniture I would buy and put in my home where it would be seen when entering the house (it would not go with the furniture I currently own) also played a part in my decision to keep it. The bottom line for me is that the manufacturer could sell lots of these if they would pay more attention to detail, i.e. adding styrofoam blocks to the corners and styrofoam sections covering the rest, in their shipping procedures.Buyer beware...This is one of those products that you see on here which makes you think of what it could. That's exactly what I was thinking when I purchased three of these without putting more thought into it. At first it seemed like a good deal until I opened up one box, and started to put one together. I had heard about the damage, but as I started opening the box I started to think about how hard it was going to be to package this back up again. There was some small damage here, and there. That can be expected at least some. Although there was damage on the front doors of the product, and nicks which were too large to forgive. I expected Target quality, since this was also on their site for sale. I was wrong. This cabinet is walmart quality. Imagine walmart quality, and then you have it shipped (chance of damage), and then horrible instructions.The instructions for putting this together were horrible. They weren't detailed, and instead were in very small print. I started to wonder how you could produce a product that sells for almost a couple hundred dollars, and not include good instructions on how to put it together. But, this product is indeed one of those products that makes you scratch your head. The people that rated this product with high ratings are people who settle for a medocre product, and people who just like the value you get. I can say after putting one together that the overall value of this product is not good. I don't expect the cabinet I have here to last very long during times when I have to move (is one example) or if I have to move it somewhere else in the house. The product really isn't solid for many reasons. The locks which are found in many products you buy nowadays are not good. Unlike target locks, which actually lock wood together. These locks are poorly placed, and constructed. You won't have a solid product no matter how hard you put it together. Which comes to my next point.If you put in a lot of extra work, and are a carpenter, you might be able to make this product a little more sturdy by adding something. I am not going to bother doing that even though I worked over 10 years in the carpentry business, because this product just has poor material to start off with. I just wanted to make it clear that if you order this product, and understand how to wood constructs better, then you might be able to get more out of this product. Also, if you can paint. You might be able to restore some of the finish with the appropriate paint.Between the instructions, and the poor quality this is just not a good purchase unless you were desperate for a good cabinet. But, after this purchase me and my husband learned not to be desperate. We ended up taking the last two cabinets back, two large men showed up at our door and took them away. That was the best decision we made purchasing on Amazon, was to take the other two cabinets back. As for the one we put together. We use it. It works as a small pantry near our kitchen. The door in front closes on center, but one door sits quite a bit higher than the other. There was some damage that we toughed up. It works for now, but for future purchases we are going to invest in better products. This is not one of them.Pros- Doors are best part of product, have a decent look to them, color is not bad overall either on the product, cheap for a cabinet - but arguably still not worth the moneyCons- poor quality product overall especially locking mechanisms (that connects wood to wood), poor instructions- the worst I have ever seen on any productSome products are cheap for a reason. It's because they actually are cheap products with cheap materials etc. I would recommend someone to save up more money, and to buy a nicer cabinet. Perhaps even consider a metal cabinet.Cabinet arrived damaged and it took twice as long to receive the replacement pieces. Overall, good cabinetMe gustó, es muy espacioso y útil. No me agrada la parte posterior, se ven los clavos, pero la forraré con algo lindo.Es un buen gabine, tiene muy buen tamaño, las instrucciones de armado no son tan buenas, y tiene algunos errores en general bien
