oh well, proves you almost always get what you pay for I guess.... but how is the cot structurally and functionally? Despite the scratch how do you think it will work for you? Maybe gain a bit of comfort in the fact that in about a year your cot will have a row of teething bite marks along the side rail. I sanded and painted my white cot before each baby to freshen it up but each child did this this biting thing... drove me nuts.