Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Over the years we've accumulated a total of twenty seven Akro-Mils 12 gallon KeepBoxes. The units being sold here are inferior. Regrettably, we just purchased six. These six would be returned to Amazon if we were not in the middle of a project, and in need of the storage. The problems with these units include: 1. sharp knife-like bits of plastic on the base; 2. lids that don't fit properly; and 3. numerous white discolorations on the blue lids. The sharp knife-like bits of plastic occur where the two halves of the factory's mold didn't seal properly during the manufacturing process. Plastic ran into the tiny gap between the mold faces and solidified, forming some very sharp edges. They are particularly hazardous at the side of each handle. Before I realized how shoddy these boxes are, I caught a finger on one and it bled slightly. A small thing, that could have been worse. I've now had to take the time and trouble to remove these, and others, using a sharp hobby knife (i.e. careful cutting in some twenty four locations). None of the lids fit properly. They gape. With our other 27 boxes, you can just let the two halves of the lid fall into place. Each box closes flat. With these inferior boxes, none of them close flat. Each end of the blue lid is about 1/4 to 3/4 inch above the lip of the bin, and where the lids are meant to mesh along the center, each one looks like a wound that needs stitches. I've tried numerous things to try to correct this, but nothing has worked. If you're familiar with taking a bit of colored plastic and bending it, with the idea of breaking it, you will often see it turn white at the places of maximum stress. There isn't one of the twelve half lids that doesn't have what looks like white stress damage. Since the lids all gape anyway, these blemishes are hardly a distraction. However, it does call into question the integrity of the lid materials, and their longevity. I bought six for $19.12 each, four days ago. Today, the price is $17.70 each. Is a high rate of returns driving the price drop? I have no idea, but I do know that these six would be returned if the inconvenience factor wasn't so high.