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Comment by aaronbrethorst | Hacker News Reader

No, punching in 12x12 gives you a 13x13" frame:

    Customizing a frame to fit a 12.0" x 12.0" print

    13 x 13 x 0.75" Black Maple frame with No mat
    and Standard glaze. $43.50

I'm saying that my matted print is 12x12 (or whatever), and I don't want to futz with making the numbers come out right.

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I would expect 13x13x0.75" to be the exterior dimensions of the wood, given that 3 dimensions are listed.

Maybe I just misunderstand how frames are described and sold, but I would fully expect to receive a frame with a 12x12" opening ("to fit a 12.0" x 12.0" print") if I bought that frame, and would feel misled if I ended up with a 13x13" opening. Again, maybe that's just how frames are sold, but if that's the case perhaps the site could explain that better.

> if that's the case perhaps the site could explain that better.

The ambiguity is a concern for me. Also, I was a little wrong on the $200 figure earlier. The number is actually $150 for two matted prints of mine that I have sitting at home waiting for me to frame them.

Isn't that exactly what that is? The frame itself is 13x13 but the opening is 12x12.

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