The "it's gotta fit in a tight spot" excuse...

[ahohen]

Do you have customers who always use the excuse "it's gotta fit in a tight spot" when you suggest, for example a 2 inch wide mat with a 1 1/2 inch frame for a 16x20 print? Instead, they choose the least expensive wood frame (only 5/8 inch wide) and a 1/2 wide mat? This happens mainly with only 2 out of approx. 3000 customers. But, what usually works to "stretch their wall space" is to tell them that a moulding that narrow on a print that big requires acrylic instead of glass because of the weight. When i tell them the price difference between regular glass and acrylic, their wall space starts to stretch.... lol.

 

[JFeig]

You could also tell them that your CMC will not cut anything less than 2"

 

[McPhoto]

How about cutting the print in half - making two frames with the notation "continued on next wall"?

 

[Rick Granick]

THAT's a good one!

Rick

 

[Ron Eggers]

My cheap customers are the ones who want a 2" mat.

The rest get at least 3-1/2".

 

[Kit]

Heavens yes!

5 x 7 prints start out with 3" mats and expand from there.

If space constraints really are a problem, I'll suggest going with no mat at all. Then I start stacking frames.

Kit

 

[D_Derbonne]

So...Kit, I guess you have a thriving business?

Does your technique work?

 

[printmaker]

Sounds like the old:
"Exactly how cheap would you like it to look?"