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I bought a Mission Side Table made by Leick Furniture. Menards sells a large selection of furniture from Leick. I was hesitant to buy the table since assembly was required and more importantly, the box said «Made in China». It’s boldy stated on the box that the table is solid oak, so I took a chance. I knew that I was taking a risk by buying a table from China that also required assembly. Would the instructions be coherent? Would the table really be solid oak? When I opened the box and saw the paltry sheet of instructions, I was not surprised. I took a leap of faith and tried putting the table together. Without getting much help from the «instructions», I was finally able to see the finish line when completing about 80% after about 2 hours. Yes, it was taking thaaat long to put this small table together. Part of the fun along the way was discovering that some of the required pre-​drilled holes were missing. So, after figuring out where the holes should be located, I drilled what was needed. At this point, the frustration level in putting this table together was really testing my mettle. Should I be getting paid for putting together what amounted to raw material at this point? When it looked like I only had 20% more to go in my table assembly adventure, I was determined to finish the task. I gathered the remaining four screws and was relieved to see that there happened to be pre-​drilled holes (at least for these last four screws). I tried screwing them in the respective holes but wasn’t getting anywhere. I took a closer look and discovered that the pre-​drilled holes were enormous. Much too big to accomodate the screws that were provided. After getting this far, I wasn’t going to be deterred. Plus, I wasn’t sure if I could get my money back for the «table» after making this much modification to it by now. I proceeded! I looked for bigger screws in my personal supply and checked to see which ones might fit. In the awkward process, I ended up splitting apart one of the pre-​assembled parts of the table. This last event made the «table» useless. I threw my hands up in the air and vowed never to buy anything made by Leick again. It’s interesting that at the bottom of the single page of «instructions» that came with the «table», Leick boasts «in a throw-​away world, real wood products support the prudent use of our forest resources by investing them in products of enduring usefulness and value». What a joke. I now have to throw away this Leick «table» that never got assembled. Please foks, learn from my mistake — don’t throw away your hard-​earned money on garbage that’s sold by Leick «Furniture».