I am relatively inexperienced rug buyer. I have found your site to be very helpful and informative.

I apologize if I have posted in the wrong section. I purchased a Mashad on ebay. It was an inexpensive rug and my expectations were measured. Unfortunately this rug has what appears to be a very defective repair that was not disclosed in the add. It appears to me that the fringe from a different rug was spliced on each end of the rug. It is not even a close match. The spliced rug is a neon\pastel that does not blend in at all and essentially ruins the rug. There was no mention whatsoever of any repairs or defects in this rug, and the rug was listed as a new hand knotted rug from Iran.

I plan to contact the seller and try to work something out, but before doing so I wanted a professional opinion as to whether my assesment of this as being a poor repair is accurate.

This rug was presented as a hand knotted Iranian rug. I would also be curious if you could verify this. Please let me know if you need more photos. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

I agree with ed. meshed rugs do integrate this into a lot of the weavings. I actually think it's awesome. Please send more images of the back though. If you can provide details on price paid, that may also play a factor

here are the photos necessary

http://forum.rugrag.com/...t.aspx?g=posts&t=538

I forgot to mention that the rug is 9' 5"x13' 0" & I paid $149 with free shipping. I am trying to learn so please don't hesitate to make any suggestions or provide and criticism of my purchase!

Thanks again for any and all input.

Jack

in consideration of the info you've provided and the images I'm looking at, it seems the price paid is very good. The problem with these rugs most often is the color run and heavy isolated wear. they're not made with the best of wool... they are among the most commercialized type carpets from Iran. I've seen people pay a lot more than you did. Most people get sidetracked thinking these are incredible investments as they're hand knotted 'persian' rugs, but the fact is, they're on the lower end of the spectrum. But, also in consideration of what the same money can get elsewhere, you really cant find a new machine made rug or even wall to wall at the same price point of this hand knotted carpet.

It's not really abrash

I don't know if there's a specific term or name for it, but what I can say is it's not really a defect, so you don't need to worry about that. again, it is typical to specifically meshed rugs such as this one. For what reason they do it more than others, I do not know. but what I can say is it's not uncommon it could have to do with the belief that no one is perfect but God. So often, weavers integrate intentional imperfections into a rug. In this case, a randomly ordered color pattern on the end.