Teak garden furniture cracking

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Recently purchased a teak table and chairs for the deck. Followed the instructions and treated them with 3 coats of teak oil before exposure to the elements. They have been in the garden for about 3 weeks now and I noticed this week that there are splits developing in the wood on both the table and chairs. It doesnt look too good but I'm more worried about the what might happen over time. Should this have happened? I would have thought that buying teak would have meant that we didnt have to worry about this for a few years?
 
The simple answer may be that the wood is not teak - please refer to this from a teak producer http://www.eastjava.com/furniture/rimbaagung/about_teak.html

Teak is an amazing wood with both hard-wearing and elastic properties. In terms of our own native timbers it has the weight and strength of oak as well as its natural resistance to rot and the elastic properties and cracking resistance of ash.

Teak is a naturally dense, close-grained, medium-weight, knot-free hard-wood that has a distinctive odour. I can only describe the smell as teak.
 
Inferior furniture made from this cheap Teak has NO price comparisons in the UK to normal high quality Teak in better Garden centres and department stores because it is so different in its properties. Inferior furniture constructed from this cheap Teak even when finished reasonably well is still inferior furniture and creates problems for the customer with high failure rates.

This quote from a garden furniture maker may answer the question
 
Thanks for all the replies. Is cracking/splitting at such an early stage in the life of the furniture something that is only going to get worse? Is it something that can be lived with assuming we can live with the aesthetics. Will be going back to where I bought it from at the weekend to complain - just trying to assess my best course of action if by some miracle they offer to refund/exchange for new.
 
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