Fellowes 25041 24-Compartment Letter Size Literature Organizer - Dove Gray File Sorter for Office, School & Home Organization

Love having this in my classroom! I use it for student take home folders and passing out homework.I put it together and it broke where the screws go in. Also the black divider things fall off constantlyThis organizer was just what i wanted. I work in a special education resource center for students with learning disabilities and the other five teachers and I are always needing to get information and papers to our students in a private manner, and without leaving it on our desks. Having purchased a smaller version of this same organizer for the teachers some years ago, I wanted a matching organizer for the students. I found the perfect one, in color and design in this organizer. It was easy to put together and our maintenance supervisor provided a perfectly sized shelf for it, attached to the wall. The teachers love being able to leave their papers for their students in each girl's own box, and not cluttering up their desks with all the papers waiting to be picked up. As for the girls (grades 9-12), they love having their own mailboxes and have pronounced me "cool" for having provided the organizer for them. They each have their own compartment and can even leave messages for each other in them. The only problem I had with this product which prevented me from giving it five stars was that the glue that came with it was very poor quality and did not glue the parts together that were supposed to have been glued. Luckily, our maintenance man is a very thoughtful person and when he put the shelf up for the organizer, he hammered in several nails to hold the unit together before he put it onto the shelf. My suggestion is to not let that stop you from buying this very excellent product, but instead to provide yourself with some good glue, such as Elmer's glue-all, Tite-bond, or another quicker drying glue that is of good quality, and to use that instead of the glue that comes with the unit. It's really a good investment and excellent except for that glue that comes with it - a small and insignificant problem that can be easily handled. Don't let it stop you from buying this product. It's really a good one.I am so disappointed that this cost $80!! The cardboard shelves are not sturdy and do not hold up at all.When I bought this, I was expecting something a little more stout than what I got. The frame is particle board which is what I expected but the shelves and dividers are just folded up pieces of cardboard. I guess for just mail or whatever it might be ok but it really isn't something that I would think would really last over time with a lot of use. It will be ok for my purposes but definitely not what I was expecting, especially for the price. Even though it wasn't overly expensive it should cost less for what it actually is. My unit also did not come with the nails to attach the backing so I had to get creative to attach it since I am at work and do not have nails.I purchased this product 5 years ago for use in my classroom as a mail box for my students. The literature organizer has held up over the past five school years, where it is in use by students several times each day. The outer "box" is made up of MDF particle board with a thin laminate covering. This has not chipped, stained, or torn since my purchase. Every now and then it gets wiped down with a baby wipe or a bit of spray cleaner on a paper towel. The inner horizontal and vertical partitions are cardboard. The pieces slide together and fit into the box. It took a while to assemble originally, but is just as sturdy now as it was when new. There are black plastic "rails" that sort of snap over the edge of the shelves. It came with stick on paper labels for the shelves. The labels didn't hold up well and were impossible to remove. I now label the shelves using large binder clips - attach the new label to the bottom of the clip and clip that onto the front of the shelf.The shelves hold letter size paper laid in flat. It' sturdy enough for a few papers and two or three composition notebooks.While this is not the highest quality item available, for the price, it has been a good value and has held up well for the past 5 school years.I ordered this for my job, received it quick but when I opened it I laughed. The “shelves “ are literally cardboard. No, not the cheap thin wood but ACTUAL CARDBOARD. Like what you would make a science fair project trifold exhibit with. the frame isn’t much better and when putting it together the wood cracked so easily there was no avoiding messing it up.I knew it was less expensive but didn’t think it was this material cheap. For 83 bucks I should have known better but I honestly didn’t think it would be thisssss fragile cheap POS I should have read reviews and the description better. I still don’t think it should even sold for 83 bucks but LESSON LEARNED.So, I gave this thing two stars BECAUSE I read the reviews/warnings about this and I didn’t listen. So I came in knowing that it wasn’t going to be the best classroom mailbox ever.However, I was still surprised with how poor this thing is actually made. This organizer will not last me through the year, guaranteed. My students are not allowed to touch the organizer because it is indeed incredibly flimsy. It breaks even with my cautious hands.The only reason I chose this organizer was because the ugly blue cardboard one didn’t go with my aesthetic for my classroom. Wish I would have bought that $50 one instead of this one.Anyways, y’all beware and make a wiser choice.I was extremely disappointed with the quality of this product. The CARDBOARD shelves were bent and therefore did not fit neatly into the slots. The slots in the wooden shell are extremely untidy and rough. On top of that, the black plastic casing which sits on the front of the shelves do not fix on properly so continually fall off when you take things off the shelves. The overall quality of this product is extremely poor and absolutely not even worth £10 let alone £83.To make matters worse there is no option to contact the seller to attempt to get a refund. This is extremely disappointing and have been left feeling ripped off.We bought one of these two years ago for staff mail from a different supplier for one of our office and hung it to the wall, All of the compartments are constantly full as staff store other paperwork in it. It had worked so well that I purchased this one for another office, but we have had no need to attach it to the wall as it sits happily on to of a mid height bookcase. All I can say is that it truly fits the purpose it was purchased for within our organisation.I purchased this on Saturday afternoon and it arrived on Sunday morning (I had expected it to take 3-5 days as took the free delivery option) so that was a good start.I was expecting it to be tricky to put together but it was easy. Took about 20 minutes, didn't need tools and, unlike other reviewers, I was supplied more than enough glue.This unit is ideal to use as staff pigeon holes in an office, or for sorting leaflets or just general admin. Each hole is deep and wide enough to take an A4 notebook. I'm really pleased. I paid £50 because the packaging was supposed to be damaged but the unit was as new.This item is not sturdy at all. We’ve had to tape it up in several places because it wobbled a lot.This product is certainly nowhere near worth the money. Feel it is misrepresented in the advert. It is not a stable product - DO NOT BUY!!