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Rural King earns a 1.2-star rating from 9 reviews and 152 complaints, showing that the majority of farm supply and home goods shoppers are dissatisfied with their purchases.

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Rural King new elizabethtown, ky store

I am not writing a complaint. I want to praise the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff at the store in Elizabethtown, KY that opened last month. Why not commend employees when there is exceptional customer service?

We bought a large number of items, and our cashier Johanna was wonderful and patient as she scanned the items and ensured accuracy of the total numbers. She brightened our day!

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Rural King simmons camo cuddler recliner

I bought this chair on Nov 2015 at Rural King in Terre Haute Indiana paying almost $350 for it thinking I was getting a good chair, since then I have had nothing but problems with the chair, first the chairs leg stopped going to a non-reclining position with in the first 4 months of owning it. Now they are broke off and it won't even recline at all, this product has been a piece of junk since I bought it and I haven't even had it a year yet. The chair is all broke down and does not recline. Something need done, I want a new chair ASAP!

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Put a "ton" of wood fuel blocks on layaway in july 2015. was to be called by october 17 to pick it up. no call. i called oct. 21 and finally tracked it down, but the man i finally talked to said "no one else wanted to take the call". picked it up to find it was 50 38 pound bags = 1900 pounds. short 100 lbs. (a ton = 2000 pounds). newspaper ad said $3.99 by...

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Why is that this company can treat its customers / associates like crap here is a good example a customer / associate got banned from store all because they took up a money collection to help another associate who lost her job the inside seasonal dept manager catherine complained because she was asked to contact the former associate who lost her job and...

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Rural King Double charge

On October 31, 2014, we were at the Jeffersonville, In., store. The cashier automatically charged our Visa card as a credit. My husband told her he wanted it charged as a debit. Evidently she never took the charge off as a credit card charge and thus we ended up having the same amount charged to our account twice. I have gone to the store and a lady called the office to get it fixed. She told me it should be done in a few days. I called the store again today and talked to the same lady. She told me to call the accounting office, which I did. I talked to a Marsha and she told me she would have to check into the matter and either she or the Jeffersonville store would call me back in "just a little bit". I never received a call from either. I don't know what I need to do to get this resolved. The store owes us $71.03 and it is very upsetting.

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dabob
Murfreesboro, US
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Apr 03, 2015 4:00 pm UTC
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On 4/3/2015 I was walking to the automotive isle and slid in a large pile of dog feces causing me to fall down on getting up I discovered I had it on my shoes and and socks which made it even worse I reported it to3 different employees and nothing was done how can any place that sells food products be so nasty

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Dec 13, 2007 12:00 am UTC

Time to start feeding the birds again. Rural King had a sale on Rural King brand bird seed. I bought two 40 pound bags. I opened one up and there wasn't a teacup full of seed in a whole 40# bag. The rest was cracked corn and dust from the corn. Mostly just dust.

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8:24 pm UTC
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Rural King Rude

This was my first time ever in a Rural King, normally I go to farm n fleet, But I have a garden and they had top soil for 1.19 for a 40 llb bag. So hey, that's a steal. I went in and at first couldnt find anything. nothing was labeled well at all. so I sent my sister to ask someone and they rudley told us that we had just walked past it. (well my bad I missed it) well we couldn't find the 1.19 one so we asked the same lady where it was and she said "oh, it's outside. you should have asked for that one in the first place." uh okay, my bad I figured they would all be in the same spot. well I went to check out and I asked the lady at the register if I needed to bring in the top soil or pay for it and go get it. and she told me "You pay for it first and WE get it, haven't you ever done this before" so I blew it off, whatever, She gave me my total and I handed her my card and she rudely snatched it out of my hand and said "It goes here!" as she slammed in down into the card machine. Then the guy met us out by the top soil and complained the whole time about how much we bought and that it was raining. like yes I get it it sucks but I was helping him put it in the truck and it IS his job. That was the worst shopping experience ever. Farm N Fleet forever!

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Ronnie Hall
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Aug 29, 2022 8:34 pm UTC

I haven't used my credit card, but I must say, I have problems with the Jeffersonville IN. store. You can never find a price of an item, whether it be on the item, or the shelf. I contacted the store and was assured it was due to a new manager and things were in a mess as of that time. Well, it's been a long time since then, and low and behold, I went to shop again same ole thing. NO PRICES POSTED!

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bigdude44
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Apr 15, 2013 1:08 pm UTC

i was recently employed by the rural king in norwalk ohio as a loader i ennjoyed my job at first until my co workers started messing with me when i was trying to get stuff done so about 2 months into it i volunteer to go to nights which is 10~7 there so i do 2 nights then this new manager allan decides at about a quater till 7 that hes gonna change my schedule and put me back on days so then i have to come in and work 10~5 after i just got off at 7 i was pissed i like my job but i hate how my co workers are i feel i may blow and hurt one of these ppl one of these days if they dont stop their dumb ### what should i do?

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nmtashley
Charlotte, US
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Dec 03, 2012 8:55 am UTC

My husband and son went there (Rural King) in Shelbyville, Ky this weekend. They spent around $500 on fencing materials. When my hubby came home he was livid! He said there was a salesperson there that acted like a ### and ignored their needing help loading up the heavy fencing...my husband cut his finger in the process. I don't know what to do at this point...the employee was lazy and negligent according to my son and hubbie...he asked me to get on-line and see about filing a complaint...this is what I've done so far. Any advice?

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12:12 am UTC

Rural King Shelf price not cost of item

Went to new Rural King in Jeffersonville, In..Very busy. Bought a swing pad..Shelf price under item was $16, 99. Rang up as 24.99. Stood in line forever. Finally a girl went and got the tag..16.99..but numbers didn`t match. By that time I just wanted to get out of there..the place was a zoo. I feel they should have given me the difference..new store..shouldn`t have wrong items and prices matched on shelves. Doubt I go back. Can`t get an email to theM. Maybe there is a reason for that!

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jmillerrk
Effingham, US
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Apr 25, 2011 4:03 pm UTC

Hello, My name is Jeremy Miller and I work for Rural King. I would like to apologize for the experience that you had at our Jeffersonvile, IN location. Please email me at jmiller at ruralking.com and I will do everything that I can to resolve this.

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11:06 am UTC

Rural King warranty not honored

I bought 4 tires in July 2o1o from the Wooster Ohio RKO. My bill was over $400 with road hazard. In March, I must of had a low tire and drove on it. I had my mechanic take it off the rim and put another one on so I could take it to RKO. They told me it was not covered because I had removed it from the rim--How was I suppose to take it in? They did offer to sell me another make of tire for $75 plus mounting. They took my covering off my hubcab and it is now gone. They said there was nothing they could do. I am so glad a company can lose business. I would not recommend them to any one with their service.

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Rural King refused to correct a very faulty chain saw they sold

I purchased a 14" poulan refurbished chainsaw. I got it home to find out that they packaged the impropersized chain. Drove 74 miles round trip to the Clarksville store and they gave us a new chain. Went home and attempted to start the saw and it began blowing chain oil everywhere, plus would not run properly. Drove another 74 miles back to the store and met with the assistant manager who refused to give me a different saw or my money back. I know he had the authority to make the exchange. He wanted me to leave the saw for his shop to look at. Which means I'm gonna have to make another 74 mile trip to pick up another saw or the repaired one. I was going to purchase a new gas auger and 8" bit a 400.00$ purchase from there but now refuse due to the way I have been treated. Tractor Supply knows how to treat their customers !

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Just as Rural King was opening a store in Van Wert, Ohio I was interviewed by the district manager and was denied a job because I openly admitted that I was a slow worker. Because of that statement I was denied a job. I emailed cooperate Rural King of the interview and they did nothing. A few months later I was diagnosed with Autism. Since the store ha...

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4:04 pm UTC

Rural King Personnel

On july 16, 2008 around three in the afternoon, i visited the rural king store on Fort Campbell Blvd in Clarksville, TN. I went there to find out how to put together a hackmore. I asked a salespertson (male) if he would show me how to put it together. I kept asking him questions and finally he said "Maybe I should get my wife in here to show you. She only charges 25.00 an hour." I left the store. I will not be back and I will tell everyone that wants to know why i will not be back.

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Ed Fuessel
Bonita Springs, US
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Nov 10, 2024 12:22 am UTC
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Item is not in stock and you have no idea when it can be delivered even though you accepted my money for the product and charged delivery costs as well

Order #2576423

Request #745776

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Dustinpet
Chicago, US
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Feb 05, 2023 6:45 pm UTC

During the Christmas holiday season main manager Ed Heal of the Litchfield Illinois store was extremely rude towards me causing problem’s for me as him a simple question about an item and he said rudely that he was not getting any more of the item and that he didn’t have the time for this 12/26/22

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Taekook Lover
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Oct 19, 2019 5:40 am UTC

There was a dead chick inside with all the other chicks and we tried to get someone but know one came we waited for like 15 minutes it's terrible all of the other chicks were stepping all over the dead one it's terrible.

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Arlene Traxler
Cape Coral, US
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Jul 10, 2019 4:21 pm UTC

Yes they do to run out of bags quite frequently I think who over does supply ordering has too many other duties as most employees do there and they forget to order enough supplies.

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aihpledalihp
Maryville, US
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May 05, 2019 8:54 pm UTC

The Sweetwater, Tennesse, Rural KIng had no bags to put purchases in today.
Very difficult to carry out our items in our hands.
None of the service desks had any.

Serious problem, hard to carry lots of items.

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Barbara Bolt

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Codyb91
US
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Oct 22, 2018 7:13 am UTC
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I have call 5 time and no answer I have left a message about every time and response I'm try to get my rebate that they declined that's a store manager said they had to honor so I'm try to get my rebate figured out but no one wants to answer or call me back I don't know what else to do.

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Tricia Mc Farland
Hickory Hills, US
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Sep 18, 2018 8:14 pm UTC

Placed an ordered on line, waited 10 days, status always said still processing. Then just recieved a email saying one of the items I ordered was out of stock so they canceled my whole order. Never order online from them.

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Unsatisfied customer 1974
Lakeland, US
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Sep 09, 2018 9:38 am UTC
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I bought a Smith & Wesson mp .22 from patriot guns specifically because your store in crystal river Florida would not allow my 15 year old daughter to hold an unloaded hand gun in my presence to see if it fit her small hands. Might I add she has been shooting since she was 8 and knows more about guns than your staff.

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Don12
Morganton, US
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Aug 20, 2018 5:12 pm UTC

I**Ok I*iiiiii

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Kyle perry
Minneapolis, US
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Aug 20, 2018 4:41 pm UTC

Bought these pants a little over a month ago and already have a tip down to the crouch. Unwearable. Size 38w - 30L would like a new pair to replace them or my money back
880 Galneer st vienna, IL 62995 I always shop and buy rural king products but these pants were unacceptable!

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