Sauder Beginnings Five Shelf Bookcase - 409 / 410

The directions are not detailed, and the unit is very cheaply made, I wish I would have bought something more durable. If you buy it you will be worried that it is going to fall over and break everything on the shelves. I wouldn't buy it again. I am sorry that I bought it this time.

It's exactly what I wanted in my room. I love the color which goes well with the rest of my furniture. My 13 year old grandson put it together and it was no big deal for him to read and follow all the instructions. I'm very satisfied.

Product Review

No real assembly problems, except with the back. With the double fold, very hard to keep it tight enough to not show the double fold, so even from a distance you can see the folds. Once filled it's less of an issue. But it is visably less quality.

Service Review

Can quickly, no problems

Love the bookcase. The only thing I would change is to add more supports or connections between the top unit and the bottom unit. It worked fine for my space. Beautiful colors.

Ive bought a number of Sauder pieces over the years. Bought two of these in different colors for a friends apartment. Never had the kind of problems I experienced with these with the higher end Sauder shelves, but these were horrible. Directions were vague. None of the holes for the heavy screws were pre-drilled. NONE. They give you a bunch of flat bottomed screws, and ONE sharp one. You are supposed to use the sharp screw to pre-drill all the holes in the fiber board for the blunt screws to go into. Nowhere in the directions do they mention this. This is supposed to go together with a Phillips screwdriver. HAH. If we didnt have the power drill, my hands would have died. The top and bottom sections are held together with two small dowels and two cam locks. Very flimsy. The directions even say not to stand the thing up until you put the backing on or it may COLLAPSE. My opinion Spend the money and buy Sauders better quality shelves. They are beautiful and much sturdier.

NICE SHELF!

For the cost you can't beat it. Assembly was fairly simple, looks a lot nicer than you'd expect for the price. Sturdy. The only downside is that the back panel is heavy duty paperboard, not wood, but besides that great purchase.

Works great, Store many books and was a good price