I decided to go cheap and put on the stickers myself, which was no problem. However, from the very beginning it was difficult to turn, so I tried to loosen it up, but the screws kept popping out, so I would tighten them, and they would pop out again. This continued after I put on the stickers, but the force needed to turn the cube would eventually push off the stickers, especially the small middle edge ones. Even super-gluing them in place didn't work. If you forced to move them in frustration, the pieces would fall out or the diamond shaped edge pieces would rotate out of place, which were hard to get back into position. Finally after cutting my fingers with paper cuts and formed callouses, and I was missing too many small stickers, I decided to spend the extra $15.00 for one that works as expected once it was shipped from China.