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20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 Seriously? Feb 04, 2011
By Jerry
My first time writing a review, positive or negative, for anything. The idea behind this company seems great. I'm all for eco-friendly. Package arrived promptly, reasonably priced, etc... You can't assemble a shelving unit with nothing but adhesive strips, unless you're planning on holding pillows. I was directed to this product after typing in "record shelving" in the search bar. Just wanted to stop any other vinyl enthusiast from making the same mistake. I came home today to find about 150 records in various states of ruin on the floor next to the remains of the crumbled "way basic" shelving unit. To sum up, if it seems to good to be true (easy assembly! cheap! eco-friendly!), it probably is. I've seen children construct sturdier structures with scotch tape and cardboard, which is essentially what this is. Would have given a half star if available.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
just terrible Feb 09, 2011
By Cristina Russo
I needed a cheap inexpensive shelf to put under a window, next to my desk. Ordered the product, and when it came in, I was immediately displeased. I understand its supposed to be cheap and light; but I did not expect how cheap and light it really was. I almost sent it back there. (I should have). Instead, I decided to have some faith in engineering and try it out. The tape does stick well, but the binding strength is far greater than the internal strength of the paper box. So while it sticks impressively well, it was very easy to tear off a section of finish from the adhesive tape. The paper box can't hold the strength of the tape. Another thing is the very very poor dowels given for assembly. They are also very lightweight paper product dowels, you can deform between two fingers.
Assembly is quite easy, however the instructions do not point out that there is already tape on one side of each square... I nearly did it myself before I caught it and I can see many people assembling the box before realizing that there are tape stripes that must end up one specific direction. If you see it you can catch it. But the instructions make no mention of it.
Finally the thing is assembled. I put four casters on it, so it can move and float. It looks pretty good and I am happy. Put on about 1/3 of the load of books that it will eventually have. Three days later, I come into the room and the whole thing is in pieces on the floor. Still with the limited 1/3 of books I was planning to put on it. It had just fallen apart in the night. Now what?
Do yourself a favor and buy a particle board version of the same thing with real screws. May cost few $$ more, but for the limitations, 50-60$ is way too expensive.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Cute, fast & easy! Apr 24, 2009
By JSyv
I will be going away to college soon and I was looking for some simple but attractive shelving options. These are it! Assembly was VERY easy and it took me less than fifteen minutes to put it together. They seem sturdy as they can hold up to my massive manga and book collections. I plan on ordering more of these. One of the nicest features is that you can choose and build these shelves to fit in the space that you need to fill. They are easy to customize by putting them together to suit your taste. The different color choices are great too! I highly recommend these shelves. They look great, they are easy and fast to put together, they are reasonably priced, they are sturdy, and they help the environment. What more could a person ask for?
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
excellent and so easy May 11, 2009
By R. A. ELLIOTT
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just received the 2 shelf,and i must admit it looks great. Easy instuctions,no tools at all...just a knife to open the box. Peel off the tape and the adhesive is very strong. great purchase.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Good for some things May 28, 2010
By H. T. Dougherty
I loved my shelves. I bought 5 sets of 3 to house my record collection in October.
Last night I heard a crash, it was the shelf falling apart. These are a poor record storage solution because the records lean on the side wall, which is not lad bearing. I would only use these for storing things that don't lean. For now I am storing a magazine collection and some cubes.
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