Argos quality...

So the entire bed build has been jeopardised by one very dodgy post. 2 days to ship a replacement...

The one post is chipped:



has flaky lacquer:



And although hard to demonstrate with photos, has a totally misaligned hole. This is the actual reason we can't build the bed in it's entirety! The metal widget thingamajig goes in the top, and a screw goes in the top and bottom hole.

What's hard to tell from the photo is that because it's not aligned properly, the screw goes in at a variance of about 15 degrees! Which by anyone's reckoning is really wonky: