A standard size that we just can't be bothered adhering to

Sample certificate from wooden frame, Dollarama 

I recently bought a wooden frame from Dollarama. (My daughter wanted a frame for a birth certificate that she got for one of her bears from Build-a-Bear Workshop.)

The certificate from Build-a-Bear was standard letter size, 8 1/2" x 11". And what size was the space in the frame? 8 7/16" x 10 7/8".

Just a little bit too small to be actually useful. I had to cut down the certificate to make it fit the frame.

Just another example of the stereotypical poor quality from China. It looks like something that you recognize, but it just doesn't  perform that way.