Why do diploma frames cost so much?

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vital

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They're like $300 on a lot of websites that sell them. Anyone know where I can get a cheap diploma frame around ~$50
 
MrChad

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I had mine framed by a local art gallery / frame shop down the street. It cost around $90 I think.
 
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Originally posted by: vital
They're like $300 on a lot of websites that sell them. Anyone know where I can get a cheap diploma frame around ~$50
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why not get some kind of custom or picture frame instead??

I dont get where the complication is....
 
drinkmorejava

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Isn't a frame a frame? Either get a custom for $<100, or a cheap one slightly larger (I'm assuming it's a non-standard size) and put it on a white background.
 
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Mine came in a nice embossed leather bound binder about 6? tall and 9? wide. It is open 60 degrees and displayed on a bookshelf behind my desk.
 
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acemcmac

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Mine came for $120 and had my school's seal on it.... try jostens or hoever its spelled.... $300 is stupid

However: my grandmother, a PhD from UPenn told me that money would have been no object in retrospect to preserve the paper her degrees were printed on...

something to think about..........
 
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Get some 2x4 and sheet of plexi glass from home depot and make your own fricking frame, you sissy.
 
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My university sold some ranging from ~$50 to ~$140. $300 is kinda crazy though unless the frame is made of marble or something.
 
Jeff7

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You've got a college education now. You should be able to earn enough money to pay for the thing. :p
 
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Because people have worked soo hard for the degrees and when it's finally over, they are willing to spend good money showing it off. Although, when I graduate, I dont think I'll shell out $300 on one. I'll pay no more than $100.
 
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Yes, I know this is a spam bump.

That said - I will say that when you work 16+ years for a degree, you should be proud of it to a certain degree. Not to the point of shoving it down other people's throats, but framing it nicelsy wouldn't; be a bad idea. No clue what my mom paid for framing my diploma.

I framed my wife's diploma as a gift - and damn her for having to have a double major... thus a huge ass frame with space for 2 diplomas, 1 picture of the campus, and also space for tassels and junk for ~$350 or so. I forget at this point.
 
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acemcmac said:
Mine came for $120 and had my school's seal on it.... try jostens or hoever its spelled.... $300 is stupid

However: my grandmother, a PhD from UPenn told me that money would have been no object in retrospect to preserve the paper her degrees were printed on...

something to think about..........
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I can totally understand that, however mine is in a filing cabinet somewhere and the same will happen when I get my masters this next semester. I never even picked up my HS diploma. I guess I'm not sentimental when it comes to these things, I just do them to move up the career track.
 
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