I upgraded from a ceramic rolling pin to this marble one. The marble is drilled off center in my pin, like in other reviews. I gave purchased it knowing there was a chance of this, but I had hoped the error had been corrected or perhaps only a few people received a defective product. My pin was nice and smooth, only one nick in it.The product packaging is just a cardboard box, with no paper, foam, or bubble wrap to protect the product; it arrived in a shipping box with paper to prevent breakage, but the product box itself (not the shipping box) was damaged. I was just going to through the box out, so I didn't care, but if you were giving it as a gift you might not receive a presentable item. The packaging is probably only designed for a shelf display rather than being purchased online then shipped.I would have kept it if the holes hadn't been off-center on both sides of the pin. At least I didn't have to pay for return shipping.