This item does not come with the vertical bars, it's the shelves by themselves, even though the product description says otherwise. I had to contact amazon and work something out because I felt so gypped. Just the shelves by themselves are 6 dollars at home depot, and since ther's only 2 in the box, that means you could get this at home depot for 12 dollars. It's not am,azon's fault though, the manufacturer is at fault. Amazon is the besty site in the world, but they need to get this product off of their website.