Fourcorners,
Here's my 2 cents. For the past ten years I've been selling closed corner frames from Munn, APF, American Choice, New Look, Regence, C&J, Mercier, Stinky Metal works, Holton Framemakers, Art Lore, Curry and Rao, and AMCI. Notice I didn't list LJ. When Larson Juhl approached me to carry their line I took a serious look at it. They do have some possitive reasons for going with them. Free shipping being at the top of the list. But their down side for me was to great. They have ZERO track record. Who am I ordering from? The people that take my mat order in Atlanta? That doesn't sound good to me. As everyone before me has pointed out there is a laundry list of closed corner frame makers with years of experience. The first thing I did with LJs price list is compare it to other frame makers prices. No difference between them. So the price isn't any better. Looked at the quality next. It was acceptable but again no better than anyone else. Did you happen to stop by the APF/Munn booth at WCAF? Thats what decades of experience looks like. Or look at the carved frames by CDNV (owner is the former master carver for AMCI).
I'm not dissing LJ. They have been and are very good to me. I will probably always use them as a moulding and material vendor.....and who knows, maybe down the road if they have established their CC line better I will take another look at it.