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Thanks so much for your response. Glad to hear that there was a fairly good ending to this, and thanks for following up!

Thanks for the suggestions!! I'll keep you updated.

Joshua, It's my experience that Google disregards punctuation of that sort, however, I'd use both of them on the page.  I'd use "inches" in your written description of the product and the " in the technical spects of the product.