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Well, my second one of these small Nonemey display cases showed up yesterday in the sleet and snow. The first one was mistakenly ordered with the white plastic base, shelves and top you may remember, so I made sure this one was the wooden model.

Problem was, while the first one showed up in a nice tight-fitting cardboard box with a bubble wrap envelope protective liner, this new one has come without any cardboard outer box, with just simply the bubble wrap envelope liner with the label slapped on that ..... no outer protecting and visibility hiding cardboard box at all!

The hammer, tape, gloves, cleaning cloth and small lighting strands were totally visible and bulging out, while the bubble wrap envelope closure flap's sticky seal was half unstuck!

Beyond that, the acrylic panes were much more roughly cut around the edges with lots of trimming needed of burr material along those edges. It did trim rather easily, however, and surprisingly, all the parts and pieces were still in there!!!

Great tip Nick. I've bought so few items from Amazon that a little detail like that is of real value to me!

There was a little damage that is most likely from the way it was shipped. One of the base slots had the thin outer edge broken in, but the pieces were still in the package so a bit of white glue after assembly and you can't even see the repair. It did still work fine without that slot's outer edge piece, but because it was one of the front-most slots, it was very obvious. Also, one of the front corners of the top piece was a bit crunched, but it hardly shows in such a light wood. If I were to stain it dark like walnut, it would probably be much more obvious. If I find that it bothers me too much, I can always take a file and dress that corner smooth.

Pulling the plastic protector sheet off the acrylic panels was no problem at all ....... once I got the sheet started at a corner, which was a bit of a challenge!

Still have to decide whether or not to put some kind of finish on this raw wood. I rather doubt it will take stain very evenly given that it is composed of finger jointed laminations of several different grains of wood. Perhaps just a good spray down with a clear finish will do the trick for me .... or maybe stick with simply naked?!?! 

I do remember in the long ago, that I used to really like naked!!!      ;c)

Have you considered returning or exchanging it for a better piece with better delivery?

Amazon has been quite co-operative with returns.

The thought crossed my mind, but there really isn't enough of a problem to be worth that much hassle. Already fixed the broken-out slot, and the few little dents, dings and scrapes are not really even noticeable when in position. I think for the money, this unit could be a whole lot worse and still be a bargain!!!