Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First of all, I am surprised at how many reviews mention that the pieces "slide together easily"!! We read many reviews and we used WD40. We spent a good hour trying to get the pieces to slide together and we had very little success. We finally got two pieces to slide together but only about 1 inch and then could not get it to go any further and could not get it apart either. Completely frustrated, we set aside the project and went to a pub to drink some beer. My husband was ready to send all of the boxes back to Amazon and try another edging. I don't give up so easily. I said we should try again in the morning when the weather was cooler, thinking the metal would contract a bit and be easier to work with. I went outside early in the morning and practically did a song and dance when I got two pieces to slide together! When I got a third to connect, I was ready to pop open a bottle of bubbly! Here are some tips: 1.Try to slide pieces together when it is the coolest temp outside. 2. Don't use the WD40 unless absolutely necessary as the pieces are then slippery 3. We overlapped by 4 inches but I think our next installation will have less overlap because this is expensive edging! 4. Use a 2 inch piece of duct tape to hold the pieces together while moving it into the place of installation. We placed the duct tape end on the bottom edge and left it on. 5. Use a half moon edging tool along the dirt where you will be placing the edging. 6. Place all connected pieces of edging in the ditch you created with the edging tool. 7. Starting from one end, pound a small section at a time with a rubber mallet. It helps to have one person place their foot on the top of the edging with the other pounding with a mallet and then hammering the spikes in. 8. Instead of cutting the edging, we just adjusted the overlaps on a couple of pieces. The photo I attached is of the assembled pieces placed in the trench we made. Two of the pieces were stuck together on top of one another in the box and no matter what we did, we could not get them apart so hopefully can get a refund for pieces we can't use. Be patient because the end result is well worth the aggravation! Looks great but it sure would be nice if the manufacturer would provide tips on HOW to slide the pieces together!