Good looking, terrible quality. Avoid.
935645
Well, what can I say, for the price It's not bad looking, it tells the time and... that's about it. Bought mine (from here) less than 6 months ago and now it's gathering dust as it no longer works. I bought it thinking "hmm it has a lot of discount, looks nice, it's automatic" but I now regret my purchase. It wasn't even an "every-day" watch. I used this timepiece on the weekends when going out as it looked cool so it wasn't wear that made it fail, I also never hit it with anything nor did I drop it. One weekend I decided to take it out of it's box, set the date and time and go, but, when I pulled back the crown to set the time I found myself with the crown piece coming off of the watch. Tried to put it back in in the same position it came out with no avail. Now if you move the crown to wind it (as can do on an automatic when it's not being worn, and I did that with care) it changes the time, you can't change the dates either. Took it to a local jewelry shop (they have Baume&Mercier, Patek Philippe, Breitling amongst others) and they told me it would be very hard to repair since they didn't know where to find spare parts for the specific brand and that it just wasn't worth it. After I said, "well what a piece of &#$P" they told me it was bound to happen sooner or later since the innards and the overall build of the watch were mediocre at best.

Conclusion (if you're too lazy to read): good looking, TERRIBLE build quality, lasted about 5 months, crown piece came off, unrepairable; avoid it.

Hope this helped.
2499385
Very nice looking case, but it seems to be falling apart already. The soft coating on the inside case is rubbing off. Some of the glued seals on the leather case are coming undone. Should be better quality for the price. Also it's quite bulky, and adds quite some thickness to the phone. I did receive a lot of complements on the case though!

UPDATE: The inside case is pretty much useless for protecting your phone if it falls face down. The lip is apparently not big enough to keep the iPhone's glass from shattering. Given this turn of events, i'd highly recommend steering clear of this case until Twelve South makes a better product. I think you can find cases that look even nicer than this for a LOT less money.
857098
This is a really nice looking case, plus it has a great feel and retains the slimness of the iPad.  However, within just one month its falling to pieces.  The nicest looking case in the world is pretty much useless if it cant be used for what its designed for.

The adhesives used in construction are evidently sub par.  The adhesive that holds it all together started to show signs of letting go within a couple of weeks.  After a month the top cover has all opened up around the edges and looks quite shabby.

In addition after just a month, 2 of the retaining clips have fallen off without being knocked or moved, so the plastic casing part is also not very robust in the slightest.  I'm the only one that uses this iPad and I am a person who shows the upmost care for everything, so the state of this case after a month with gentle and careful treatment is pretty poor.

Given the idea of the case is to protect the investment it contains, I would be very concerned if this one would be capable of offering any protection at all.  I would expect that if I dropped it, it would just explode into pieces.  That's the feeling I get anyway.

Given the physical design is already spot on, surely it would be more cost effective to improve the quality of the materials than to either refund the majority of units sold or generate an unsatisfied customer.
720053
Attractive and functional, but extremely low quality, especially for the price. The one I received has a crooked handle and lid, and the hinge pin wants to fall out every time I use it. If this was half the price, and you wanted something decorative, Id say go for it. Anyone else should steer clear.
3229603
Great idea, good price, looks good, but terrible quality.  Material is too thin, even look at it wrong and it will bend.  Ordered 4, two bent, one had the shelf welded in sideways, and the same key worked in all of them.  Also I ordered a 4 pack, only got 1, the seller didn't understand what I was saying when I asked about it, so they order me another 4 pack.
2612599
Oh, what a disappointment. I should have realized that when you pay IKEA prices, you get IKEA quality.

Here's the positive part of this review: Now that I've sort of corrected the many flaws of this piece, it looks good, pretty much like the photo. Oh, and it arrived quickly and well packed.

So why one star? Because the item description is a flat-out lie. And even apart from the fake wood, this thing is poorly made. Here are the issues I've had with this item:

1. It's not solid wood. As far as I can tell, it's not wood at all, because where the plastic veneer has come off, I've seen a white, plasticky surface underneath. Not sure what it's actually made of, come to think of it.

2. The plastic veneer is thin and fragile. I found this out the hard way (see items #3 and #4).

3. The glass top has nothing to anchor it to the base. The base has curved edges, and doesn't do much to hold on to the glass top. I learned this abruptly when the glass slid off the base and onto a friend's foot. And that glass is HEAVY. Fortunately, my friend is not litigious and nothing was broken (glass-wise or foot-wise). She did sport a lovely purple bruise on her instep for a couple weeks. And a piece of veneer was damaged, revealing the "wood base" to be a cheap sham. It looks bad, and there's no way to fix the wrinkled/torn plastic coating.

4. In order to solve the problem of the sliding glass, I put&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/clear-rubber-adhesive-bumpers/dp/B003CILAHY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">clear rubber adhesive bumpers</a>&nbsp;on strategic spots on the top of the base. Unfortunately, the base is wobbly (see #5), so that dislodged the bumpers. And one of them took a little piece of the wood-colored plastic with it. I had to peel the tiny pieces of plastic off the sticky back of the rubber bumper with an X-acto knife and glue them back on to the base with the skill of a microsurgeon, because the damage was in a very visible place.

5. The base wobbles. The upper and lower parts are held together with a metal dowel, and the base just wobbles wildly. I tried every hack I could imagine. Shimming with wood, cardboard or toothpicks. Jamming toothpicks into the hole with the dowel to hold it steady. Wrapping the dowel in electrical tape so it wouldn't wobble so much in the hole. And a few other desperate tricks. None worked. The dang thing is just unstable, and with the heavy top, that makes it scary. It also means that the plastic bumpers are constantly being dislodged. I prefer furniture to be inert and obedient; as it stands, I'm doing battle with this thing nearly every day.

As I said, a huge disappointment. Hope my review can save someone else from being similarly let down.

UPDATE on 5/1/13:

Well, I finally figured it out. The solution was very low tech. I got a 5/8" wooden dowel -- it fit my table, but yours might take a different size -- and sawed it to the proper length, then epoxied it into the holes in the base where the metal bar originally fit. The base pieces are now frozen at a 90 degree angle and the table is stable. Unfortunately, the top of the table, which is under the glass, got marred along the way and the plastic shows through now. There was no way to recreate the wood grain and the garish plastic patch was in a very visible spot. So I turned the table over and now the bottom bumpers hold the glass while the bumperless bottom sits on a carpet. It looks okay that way, though I'm not overjoyed with it.

The fact remains: This table is far more work than it's worth. It stinks.
2831652
I like the look of the thing. It's great to be able to see the product, and grind a high-quality salt. I got two of them: one for the table, one for the stove-side for cooking.

BUT, and this is a big but: they're cheap-ass crap that fell apart after a couple of months. Yes, both of them. Plastic, glued together, so OF COURSE it can't hold up to daily use. It may be "Designed in England" but it has "fine" Chinese build quality. In other words, it LOOKS good ...until it falls apart in your hands. AVOID!
4628654
Bought this through another vendor a few years back.  Very nice looking and comfortable initially.  Over a 1 to 2 year timeframe, all 4 couches I bought started to "blister".  The "leather" is in essence a plastic-ish layer over a fabric.  That plastic layer begins to blister, then break, looking really nasty, with a gritty (maybe it's the particles of leather?) grey fabric that absolutely makes the couch ugly, un-hygienic and basically unusable.  Now we are having to replace them all, and I am very disappointed.
4543896
Looks good, and the size, layout and design are great. However, the build quality is very poor. It came with the side of the upper drawer split in the packaging. The front facade pieces for the drawers are very thin, and I screwed the attaching screws right through the front even though I barely used any force when attaching them. Also, while the lamination looks and feels good, it is VERY thin. Even looking at it wrong will scrape it right off, especially at the corners.

Edit: Upped the review from 2 to 3 stars due to great customer service. I called them up and they are sending out replacement parts for both the damage in shipping and the damage during installation. I still think the quality is low, but at least you can get it fixed for free during the warranty period.
219305
Great aesthetics, excellent use of space, good protection and brilliant strap grid. Very poor build quality. Strap tore after less than one month of daily usage. Wooden handles on zippers falling off and zippers sticking. So disappointing for such a great looking and smartly designed backpack. Cocoon Innovations fix your quality issues and youd have a 5 star product.
2708175
These sunglasses LOOK fantastic and include great polarized lenses. Problem is, they are not made well. As I was threading the glasses into the provided neoprene "croakie", the glasses broke apart at the temple...not at the metal hinge, but where the hinge is inset into the frame itself. I understand you get what you pay for, but the construction of these sunglassess leave a lot to be desired. There are other cheap wayfarer styles available on this site from other companies. I recommend going with another brand.
1800989
So I bought this for my iPhone 5. It looked awesome. It really did. Unfortunately, the case fell apart within two weeks. It started with the front 'flip' part of the case, the glue sealing the two layers of leather just dissolved and started to peal off at the corner.  I actually tried to fix it by re-gluing that part, but then the rest of it pealed off gradually. It made my phone look scummy.  Terrible!  Twelve South really has cool products but they should test their products before selling them. This was a beautiful case, yet the quality of it was astoundingly bad. Shame on you, Twelve South!
2320599
I knew what I was getting into when I decided to spend so little on a "case", but I thought maybe I would try it. It was pretty, but absolutely terrible quality. Broke within two or three days of owning. I used it for an hour before all of the color started to peel off and it was just a piece of plastic. Get a case from LUVVITT and save yourself some effort. Absolutely terrible!
3352759
This bag in as sleek and useful as it looks and in spite of brandishing the Samsonite brand, is of absolutely awful quality. One trip, just one trip, is all it took for the velcro in the handles to come undone and broken. Absolutely unacceptable would most definitely not recommend.
737595
Looks really handsome but pieces have cracked off in all corners - and phone damaged now.  Barely 3 months and already fallen apart.  Buy something else
4328040
These shoes look great, and I was more or less satisfied with my last pair of shoes, also made by Aldo, so they seemed like a good choice. However, I have been very disappointed with this pair. The fitting isn't great --- a bit too long and narrow for my duck feet, but the real problem is durability. These shoes are not built to last.

The first thing I noticed when I bought them is that they were staining my socks with blue dye, which unfortunately did not wash out. The inside is blue, and apparently they did pretty sloppy work dyeing it. Even worse, within a month of buying these shoes and wearing them a few hours every day -- mind you, just with casual use; I don't do much in them besides sit at a desk or walk around at a leisurely pace -- the outer (p?)leather surface of the shoe is peeling and horribly scratched up. The laces have become frayed just from tying and untying them.

It's sad because it's such a good looking pair of shoes (or at least it was), but I cannot recommend these.
4420387
I was blinded by how nice these look and ordered a set of these USB cables. The first lasted me about 5 minutes before the cover of my tablet bonked the connector (, bent something?), and prevented a solid connection. My devices would only charge if I held the cable at just the right angle. I moved on to the second cable and, with very careful care, got about a month out of it before it too because loose and I couldn't take it anymore. I haven't even bothered with the 3rd. I ordered another brand.
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