Versa-Brella UPF 50 Portable Sun Shade Umbrella for Sports Outdoors

I was so excited to get this chair. Giddy, ecstatic, a cooler?! a bottle opener?! and umbrella?! RECLINES?!… I was going to have the most comfortable seat for the beach / camping / kid’s sports. I got it last August, and used it to watch about 7 youth football games. We took it camping once. We took it to the beach twice. In those 10 times I used I , I reclined it 1 time. It was stored in the bag after every use and placed on our “chair shelf” in our garage. And after those 10 uses – it disintegrated… I have chairs that I paid 9.97 for that have held up better than this. The recline mechanism broke on the one side, again just once after using it. The button dislocated in the chair leg, so the one side is perpetually reclined (I did add a zip tie to try to diminish the leaning). The fabric on the chair back also ripped. So now it has no usable back. I am not overweight. I am well within the “capacity” of this chair. By almost double. So then I looked at the warranty, because I have had this chair 7 months and a few days as of today, and it has been sitting useless for a month while I decide what to do. The problem is NOT just the chair, the warranty is likely designed for it to never be used. here is what it reads: [If your product breaks within the warranty period, please call Customer Service for a RA #. After receiving this number, return the defective product with the number clearly indicated and a warranty replacement will be shipped to you free of charge. All shipping charges on ALL returns will be at the buyer’s expense. Only valid in the USA] So I calculated the shipping on the chair, and just shipping cost, (ignoring the fact that I have to pack for packaging it – irregular shape) is $29.28. Again that is just shipping. So I have to buy a whole ‘half’ of another chair, to get a replacement, that may fall apart in just 6- months too, with less than a dozen uses?! And if that one breaks, I will have then bought 2 chairs for one. Quality is poor, and warranty is a joke, if you live across the country as I do, it is great for those in CA (because shipping so much closer) and be certain, you are going to need it. Clearly they don’t really mean to back up this chair with a half-hearted warranty like that. This chair, that for the amount of money they charge, should last more than 10 uses.