I give the rug itself 5 stars for the look, feel and quality.  After laying out the rug and walking on it barefoot, I knew we made the right choice.  Very soft even without a pad underneath.  The pattern is amazingly cool too!!!
  
FedEx seemed to have handled the rug a little rough though.  One end of the protective plastic it was in was worn
from being dragged, I guess.  It had gotten a black sooty dirt on that side of the rug as a result.  Next time I will probably not accept a shipment in that condition.  I won't take any stars off since it's doesn't have anything to do with the item itself.  In fact, it cleaned up pretty nicely.  Can only tell a little bit on the edges that it got really dirty.  So that would be  even more proof that the rug can take the rigors of careless shippers!!!