Customer Reviews

MCS Plastic Format Frame for a 11" x 17" Photograph, Color; Black

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(2)

 

 

$10 for a glass frame is a good price. I use the MCS Format frames in several sizes because the thin black frame does a good job emphasizing the art work (photo) without distracting.

I have 40+ photos displayed in my office using these inexpensive frames and I always get compliments on their simplistic, professional, appearance.

I do recommend buying these frames only when they are on sale and to buy them bulk (makes the shipping reasonable). Adorama and Michaels have them on sale several times during the year.

I ordered three of these for matching poster prints. They arrive quickly, and were packaged well, with lots of padding.

The first frame cracked when I was putting the glass back in, I barely put any pressure on the corner because I was afraid of breaking the glass or fragile cheap plastic frame. So I'm not really sure what happened here. A little glue fixed it though.

I unwrapped the second frame to find the glass on the top corner chipped away on the inside. It wasn't too terribly noticeable from a distance so I went ahead with installing my poster. It was a nightmare to get that corner back in the frame, the glass was weak from being chipped and was sharp. I had to use a towel to apply pressure, even still it took several tries and a lot of cursing to get it in.

The third frame, surprisingly, was fine.

Overall the frames look nice, but are not easy to install artwork into, and are obviously flawed. I don't think the damage to the second frame came from the shipping as they were wrapped in multiple layers of bubble wrap. Perhaps they need a little quality control?

MCS Platic Format frame comes with glass glazing and leaves only the smallest black edge visible to detract from the poster or photo mounted in it. Good value, I use them with every production poster we put up in the office.

Had some portraits I did and wanted to hang them up on the wall. These frames were perfect and it looked great. No complaints.

the product came in timely fashion and is quite sturdy. It is a very good picture frame. Thanks!

I ordered this frame on Feb 1st which was a Sunday and it arrived on the 5th. It was neatly packaged with a lot of bubble wrap. Its a front loading frame and very easy to get the poster in. It looks excellent! I'm very happy with this frame and plan to make future purchases.

The frames themselves are perfectly serviceable. You get what you pay for, and so these $10 frames are not going to be a revelation, but they do look handsome enough on your walls.

My biggest problem with this product is in the shipping. I ordered 4 of these frames. 3 arrived wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, and so undamaged. The fourth was just placed on top of the box, and so arrived with a giant crack in the glass. I don't understand why you would wrap 3 out of 4 frames and not the last one. In any case, I had to return my 4th frame, and while Amazon was very nice about sending me a replacement, I don't understand why it happened in the first place.

In addition, I later discovered that one of the 3 frames I had kept had a crack in the plastic frame such that one of the corners is peeling. Since I had already framed my artwork, and the crack is not noticeable when hung, I decided to keep the frame. But I am fairly disappointed in the state in which the frames got to me, which might or might not have to do with the quality of the frames themselves.

These frames are amazing. picked one up last year to fit a 11x17 poster of my favorite band. and i have to say they really make the picture stand out. no huge ugly, bulky borders like every other frame i've seen. went out yesterday and picked up two more, and i will buy more later next week.

they sell MCS frames at these canadian locations:
walmart. the bay. michaels arts and crafts. and zellers.

Overall these are very nice. Unfortunately 1 of my frames (from 13 ordered) arrived cracked but considering these were coming all the way to deep dark Africa I am not surprised.

They are very nice, simple and neat. All in all, very good value. If only the suppliers could make them in sizes that the real world uses (ie. not US sizes that no-one else uses as I needed to cut down all my artwork to strange sizes to fit)

Each frame came ver well packed and wrapped. The glass is a nice good quality glass and is quite think and durable.

I bought these as a cheap frame for some pictures in my room while I am deployed. They showed up with the glass shattered so I ended up with a cut finger and spent twenty minutes cleaning up broken glass before I threw them in the dumpster. There was more packing material in an extension cord that I bought from Amazon than there was in this box with GLASS! Whoever works for this company packing boxes should get the opportunity to try unemployement!