• Rugs Direct

Rugs Direct

Overview

Rugs Direct has a rating of 2.79 stars from 104 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Rugs Direct most frequently mention customer service, and return policy problems. Rugs Direct ranks 145th among Home Decor sites.

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    35
  • Value
    36
  • Shipping
    34
  • Returns
    27
  • Quality
    34

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 39.3%
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  • We had a poor experience with rugs direct and their customer service.
  • While the rugs are mostly acceptable, their return policy is misleading.
How would you rate Rugs Direct?
Top Positive Review

“Beautiful rug, great price”

EDWARD W.
3/14/24

Needed a slightly larger rug to accommodate new sofa and chair setup in the living room. Most of what we looked at was in the wrong colors or extremely expensive. Found this one, which perfectly suited our needs. Very happy and the delivery only took a few days. Surprised me that it arrived so quickly.

Top Critical Review

“More than normal shedding”

Marcia C.
11/29/23

Paid $1000 for a normal room size rug that wil soon be nothing but a pile of dust because of excessive shedding. There are rug blue rug fibers floating in the air and rug fiber dust everywhere even with daily vaacuming. That rug is killing us causing sneezing, coughing and allergy attacks. In my 70 years I have never ever seen a rug shed like this. Company won't do anything about it so maybe the health department will!

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Thumbnail of user marciac393
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 29th, 2023

Paid $1000 for a normal room size rug that wil soon be nothing but a pile of dust because of excessive shedding. There are rug blue rug fibers floating in the air and rug fiber dust everywhere even with daily vaacuming. That rug is killing us causing sneezing, coughing and allergy attacks. In my 70 years I have never ever seen a rug shed like this. Company won't do anything about it so maybe the health department will!

Thumbnail of user edwardw1217
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 14th, 2024

Needed a slightly larger rug to accommodate new sofa and chair setup in the living room. Most of what we looked at was in the wrong colors or extremely expensive. Found this one, which perfectly suited our needs. Very happy and the delivery only took a few days. Surprised me that it arrived so quickly.

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Rug

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Thumbnail of user igormultipass
1 review
2 helpful votes
December 26th, 2023

Poor customer service follow up, terrible nonexistent return policy, dirty or damaged merchandise. Poor seams, puckering, won't lie flat like it should. I bought these in December, they were dirty, damaged, customer service acted like they had amnesia, no recall, no idea what was going on, didn't keep their words, no honor among thieves.

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Rugs, trashed pads, they were disintegrating in packages, no care at all in packaging, quality control was missing. Dirty products.

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Thumbnail of user mlb22030
1 review
3 helpful votes
November 16th, 2023

Rugsdirect.com will just cancel your order after days go by and after you finally get someone to contact you back. They are a horrible company

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Rug

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Thumbnail of user carosapina
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 30th, 2023

My ordeal with Rugs Direct has been nothing short of a nightmare. Waiting for months for a refund, I felt like I was chasing a ghost. And when the elusive refund finally arrived, it was shockingly less than what was rightfully owed. Rugs Direct utter lack of customer consideration has left me deeply dissatisfied and cautioning others to steer clear of this unscrupulous company.

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Thumbnail of user mwdick0
1 review
4 helpful votes
October 6th, 2023
Verified purchase

I ordered an 8 x 11 safavieh wool rug, Along with a runner and smaller rug of the same pattern and color. They were significantly different and their customer service would not replace the mismatched tugs. My only option was to return at my own expense. Ridiculous! Wish I could post a picture, because I could have lived with a small variation. This is no small variation!

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The shipping was free, but when you have a problem, they will not resolve it. The Safavieh rugs are excellent quality but rugs direct would not be my choice for ordering them.

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Thumbnail of user marym7619
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 22nd, 2023

I ordered a rug & was charged for it. The rug they sent was the wrong size & wrong design. It also smelled awful. I requested a return pickup & a refund. Several days later they shipped & charged my credit card again for a replacement rug. They've now charged me for two rugs I don't want & they refuse to refund me for either of the rugs until they receive them at their warehouse. (I suspect this might be illegal since I never authorized the second rug charge. Also, why charge me again if the second rug was intended as a replacement for their original mistake? Suspicious.). I feel confident I'll be fighting with this company for a long time trying to get back over $850 they owe me. I will NEVER do business with these folks again. In the meantime I ordered and received a beautiful rug from lowes.com and it was a perfect experience. I highly recommend lowes.com.

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Returned or at least trying to.

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Thumbnail of user esdegeedesigns
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 13th, 2024

As an interior designer, I want to maximize and minimize the time that I spend sourcing for clients and Rugs Direct helps me do that. It is easy to search for the color, style, and price of the rand the selection is excellent. I recently used this company and I am very pleased, as are my clients. Every rug looks exactly as you would expect based on the photos.

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Thumbnail of user jillg567
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
November 3rd, 2023

First know they charge shipping to return. I do not feel the photos were accurate on color, which would have eliminated having to return. Additionally, they received the item 3 weeks ago and still no refund, why would you buy from them?

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Thumbnail of user laurah3119
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 29th, 2023

Just go somewhere else! I canceled an order from a competitor because it had been on a back order that kept getting extended. I was aware it was not in stock, though, when I placed the order. This 'company' said they had it in stock, though so I canceled and then reordered here. I didn't hear anything for a couple weeks, so I wrote customer service twice…crickets. I finally got a reply this morning saying it's back ordered for another month! They should not have said it was in stock. That was clearly a ploy to get my $$$, and it's backfired. I'm more irritated at the deceptiveness. I immediately wrote back asking for a cancellation and refund, but then get an 'out of office for a week' reply (it's 10:30 AM) directing me to call for further assistance. I call….they are closed for an extended holiday week. Just don't! Incredible Rugs and Decor have the same pricing, and very sweet customer service agents…that are in the USA.

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I never received In Stock items

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Thumbnail of user timmoco
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 9th, 2023

Placed an order for "delivery tomorrow". However, I received an email the next day saying there would a delay of 6 days after which I would hear from the Courier Co about delivery. That never happened and for the next 7 days I tried telephoning, but always went to a voicemail. When at last a human being called me she said that they did not know when the item would be in stock. Order cancelled. Not a good experience.

Thumbnail of user caroleekleinkolmer
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 13th, 2023

After weeks of shopping online and in store I finally found the rug I was looking for. I purchased this 9 x 12 rug for my family room because the walls are dark green, so the pinks and plums really compliments them. The rug is vibrant even though it has the " worn" look to it. It seems to be well made.Arrived quickly. The room feels complete now. Did I mention I got it at an unbeatable price? Bonus, it happened to be clearanced.

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Rug. Because it is oversized, I ended up paying a small shipping fee ( normally free I am assuming).

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Rug

Thumbnail of user zurichsurfer
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 10th, 2023

Found the rug I imagined, there it was! Unbelievable, much better looking than I ever imagined! Thank you!

Thumbnail of user varolei
1 review
2 helpful votes
February 14th, 2023
Verified purchase

Ordered two area rugs for bedrooms that turned out to be the wrong color. The cost to ship back was astronomical (Could have bought another rug for what I paid in return shipping!) Company received both rugs and then notified me that one was shipped to a different location. They then charged me 20% return fee plus cost of freight! What a rip-off return policy. I would never order from them again. Beware!

Tip for consumers:
Very poor return policy. Be careful!

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Thumbnail of user karenk3098
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 21st, 2023

I bought the sinclair tobacco rug by Magnolia on May 11. Found out several hours later that it was literally half price on Wayfair and Amazon. Called for a price match but was told it was too late. After speaking with customer service received a small discount. Still overpaid greatly. I see the rug is now being sold for much less. They say free shipping but it cost $40 because it was oversized. If I returned it I would have had to pay quite a bit of money as well. Will never buy from them again.

Thumbnail of user dianer1609
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 5th, 2022

The only problem I had it said to sign up and get on sale alerts and get 10 percent off so I did but didn't get another 10 percent off.

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Brittany R. – Rugs Direct Rep

Hey Diane! We're sorry to hear your 10% discount didn't make it through. Sometimes messages may land in spam if you're receiving an email from an address you don't typically receive messages from. That said, we'd be happy to apply your discount to your existing order or would be happy to help you place an order with the 10% applied. Please reach out to our customer service team at info@rugsdirect.com, 888-464-1447 or via live chat on our site. Have a great day!

Thumbnail of user charlotten326
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 21st, 2023

Same rug that I ordered from Rug Direct at 30% less price at other companies.
They will not match the price and the return will cost you a fortune.

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Thumbnail of user guyc208
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
August 3rd, 2023
Verified purchase

My one year old, $500,5×7 rug is unraveling. It's in a very low traffic area, I use a non-beatet vacume, I have no pets or children. All they can offer me was a discount on a new purchase. I'm very disappointed and will not be taking advantage of the discount.

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Thumbnail of user bryanf317
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
March 22nd, 2022

Purchased a 100% viscose pile rug from Rugs Direct 5 months ago. Buyer beware these rugs cannot be cleaned. The care instructions on Rugs Direct nor the back of the rug say dry clean only. Who sells a rug that cannot be cleaned? Complete junk. Contacted their customer service and they were no help nor did they offer assistance. 100% viscose is a plant based material that isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

Tip for consumers:
Don't buy from Rugs Direct as they are knowingly selling uncleanable rugs

Products used:
Runner rug

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Thumbnail of user benz406
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 19th, 2023

Had previously purchased a couple of rugs with great success, but recently purchased 2 more that colors were not what picture showed and when I contacted to return I was told it was $100 charge to return their rugs. I do not have an issue paying for a returned item I was not satisfied with but these charges are outrageous and I was told too bad, that is their policy and they did not care. NEVER buy anything from this company again!

Thumbnail of user nursegail45
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 24th, 2024

I have 3 of these rugs in different sizes. I just ordered a 4th. I love this rug. I use a lot of navy blue in fabrics and this rug complements them so well.

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A rug runner

Thumbnail of user marshallv8
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
October 2nd, 2020

I have purchased rugs from Rugs Direct for several years. Very fast delivery and quality has always been satisfactory. I discovered today, however, that I can purchase identical rugs for as much as 40% cheaper from at least 6 different sites, including Amazon. Free shipping and no problem returns.

Thumbnail of user marthag1149
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 17th, 2023

Think twice before buying from this site. The rug I bought arrived in a different color from the color shown on the site. They do not refund the total amount you paid and they also did not send you a return label, you have to pay for the shipping cost. Terrible customer service.

Thumbnail of user dianneb425
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 30th, 2023

Discount code did not work…….:…:I don't want to say anymore you should not offer discounts if they di

Thumbnail of user kayk286
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 22nd, 2023
Verified purchase

I signed on as a new customer and ordered two rugs this morning, thinking I would receive the 15% discount for signing up and agreeing to texts. I did not. On further reflection, I decided to order an additional throw rug. I still did not receive the discount. So I requested a chat. I was immediately helped by Diane, who ordered the 15% discount on my earlier order and gave me a new code for my new order! Immediately! I am so impressed by the fantastic customer service and my discounts on top of sale prices! Thank you, Rugs Direct!

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Rugs

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From the business

Our mission is to help you tie your spaces together with meaningful décor. Each space is unique – size, layout, different aesthetics, etc. – and we help you tie it all together. We believe this is an important role in any design or decorating project.

We offer over 10,000 rug designs that use the highest quality materials and construction methods, and a growing assortment of home décor.

We offer free shipping on all orders. Most items are in stock and ready to ship within one to two business days.

Business History

Since 1998, we have been a market-leading specialty online retailer of decorative area rugs for consumers, professional designers and commercial customers throughout the U.S. and Canada.

We partner with premium manufacturers including Surya, Loloi, Safavieh, Jaipur and Chilewich to offer a curated assortment that prioritizes quality construction, materials and design. We aspire to delight you with our assortment, user friendly website and delivery experience.

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Brittany R.
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