Customer Reviews

Uptown TV Stand - Espresso

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...it's the biggest pain in the butt to assemble.

Having viewed many TV stands over the past weeks, I chose the Uptown after seeing the real thing on the showroom floor of my local Target. I liked its smart-looking design and the space it created for my electronics (DVD player, Playstation, etc.). So I gathered together my tools and got to work on the assembly.

A three-hour wrestling match with shoddy workmanship ensued. I followed the instructions to the letter, even triple- and quadruple-checking them, but no amount of careful adherence to the directions could've saved me from the hassle that followed.

Sometimes the holes wouldn't align or they appeared on the other side of the boards than shown in the instructions. On more than one occasion I started drilling screws to find that no corresponding divot had been created in the adjoining board, and the screws refused to penetrate the wood as a result. When it came time to assemble the slide-out drawer--the last step in the construction--the holes in the serrated clamps and the groove in the bottom of the drawer didn't match up, creating a drawer that sat too high on the sliding rails. Needless to say, it didn't shut properly. I had to unscrew the drawer and jerry-rig it just to get it to slide in properly.

And that's the Uptown TV stand in a nutshell: About 70% by-the-numbers construction, and 30% jerry-rig. What should've taken an hour to hour-and-a-half took three hours to finish. The final product looks great, very smooth and sophisticated, but it was hardly worth it. My advice is to pass on this product and buy something name brand.

Twice they shipped it, and twice it came (very) damaged - huge cracks in the top piece - its about 90 lbs and very hard to return. For some reason things from target just aren't packaged well - ive had this happen before. My suggestion - buy it in the store and ask if you can check the largest piece in the box on the very bottom - thats the piece that has no packaging material to protect it. It will save you a lot of headache!

On the plus side - it looks amazing once it is finished, and I had absolutely no problem putting it together (i'm a girly girl and I was able to figure it out and do it myself). The directions were dead simple and everything fit together perfectly.

Even though it came horribly damaged twice, I still think this is a great piece - I just wouldn't buy it online - and try to avoid purchasing things online from target - you just are never sure of the quality or the shipping.

This is a gorgeous tv table but you will never know because it will arrive broken to pieces. The packaging of this item is horrendous to say to the least. Didn't bother to replace. Got my money back because I figured the next one would come as damaged as this one.

I love this TV Stand. My wife and I wanted something simple for our living room. This fit the bill perfectly, for now. We didn't buy it with the intentions of keeping for a very long time. Just needed something in a hurry. Despite what one review says, this was extremely easy to put together. We also purchased the matching audio pier and it too was a snap to assemble. The only reason this recieved 4 stars instead of 5 is because the drawer is a little croocked once installed. Also, since it is holding up a 100 pound 50 inch plasma TV, it has stared to sag about half an inch. We have had this in our living room for almost a year now and still love it. No plans on buying anything new for a while. Just wish they wouldn't have discontinued the audio pier, would like to have gotten two to make it more symetrical.

DONT BUY THIS TV STAND

In fact close this page and shop somewhere other than Amazon !
After receiving this 100 + lbs of broken furniture Amazon now wants me to lug this box (with a broken back mind you)... to the post office to return it !!!
I've asked and now argued with amazon to have UPS retrive it since they left it but Amazon seems to only hire idiots who excel at incompetence and nothing else continues to send me USPS return labels .... I now have 5 of them ....
Do your self a favor and don't buy this ... or anything else from Amazon.