The rug is beautiful and I love the color.  The three star rating is due to the fact that one of the sides of the rug was cut and finished in a wavy line.  It's not a straight cut at all.  We ended up putting the wavy side to the back so it wasn't as noticeable.  Other than that issue I haven't noticed any other quality issues pop up.  No problems with excessive shedding.  I'm not sure how the wavy side got past quality control.