I received the Pergola, the box was intact with no signs of damage. Upon opening I noticed three parts of the main support posts had damage. The damage must have occurred at the factory because the box was intact. One of the damaged posts was too bad to use and, to the credit of Aleko, they had the replacement part to me in about one week. The instructions are quite bad, especially with refence to installing the canopy. The large recessed black screws (M M6x15) were made of very poor material. Five of them stripped and could not be used. This was not an error on my part, I'm an aircraft mechanic and know how “not” to strip screws. One of the screws didn't even have threads cut into it (see picture). Luckily, I had 4 of the M6x16 screws left over (spares) and they fit, plus one screw that I found that worked.It was a pain to assemble especially with the poor instructions and bad hardware. I would not necessarily recommend “not” to buy it, but I highly suggest doing your homework first. One thing I was pleased with was that eight concrete anchors also came with the hardware. The Pergola is somewhat flimsy but if you have it in a low wind area it should be fine.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]