I got this yesterday and off the bat thought it looked a bit orange-y and kinda fake. It didnt smell like leather. It actually smells quite chemical-ish like a new area rug with rubber backing. lol It didnt feel like leather. It doesnt have that sticky feel real leather does. It actually feels a bit rubbery. I looked at the product tag and no mention of leather in the material, only polyester. I thought maybe that was just referencing the cushions...so I went and scouted the other leather items and...BOOM. The genuine leather items actually say top Grain leather in the material and descriptions. But just to be really sure, I called customer service. They confirmed this is BONDED leather which essentially means faux. Nowhere in the description does it mention the word bonded anywhere that I could see. Its like that word was left on purpose? False advertising. Im not happy after waiting a few weeks for this dang thing! The rep said they will get the description updated right away, and she refunded me and scheduled a return pick up for next week. So the return process was at least easy and quick. But now I am off to plan B and waiting another few weeks for another one.
Beware - this one is NOT genuine leather
I got this yesterday and off the bat thought it looked a bit orange-y and kinda fake. It didnt smell like leather. It actually smells quite chemical-ish like a new area rug with rubber backing. lol It didnt feel like leather. It doesnt have that sticky feel real leather does. It actually feels a bit rubbery. I looked at the product tag and no mention of leather in the material, only polyester. I thought maybe that was just referencing the cushions...so I went and scouted the other leather items and...BOOM. The genuine leather items actually say top Grain leather in the material and descriptions. But just to be really sure, I called customer service. They confirmed this is BONDED leather which essentially means faux. Nowhere in the description does it mention the word bonded anywhere that I could see. Its like that word was left on purpose? False advertising. Im not happy after waiting a few weeks for this dang thing! The rep said they will get the description updated right away, and she refunded me and scheduled a return pick up for next week. So the return process was at least easy and quick. But now I am off to plan B and waiting another few weeks for another one.