Did not sleep that well last night and had a long day today. Heading out to the radio room to surf the Aether for a little bit and then to bed.
I am very pissed at Costco - I already have a bunch of their Whalen shelving units and really like them. They are rated for 1,000 pounds per shelf under static load and are nice and sturdy. The rating is published on the shipping carton.
They discontinued this model and have replaced it with a significantly cheaper unit - the shelf boards are about half the thickness and there is no published load rating at all.
What really grinds my gears is that they are a different size from the original units. This would be fine for someone starting out but I have about twelve of these in the garage and I want to add more and the new crap will not fit in with the earlier units. Taking them back to Costco - these are crap.