Marquee shrinks when releasing mouse button

I am editing at 100%, with square pixels, and no feather.
EVERY time I release the mouse button in CS6 (fully updated), the Info window shows the marquee dimenstions shrink by either 1 or 2 pixels (and I see the marquee visibly move as well). This make it IMPOSSIBLE to accurately to certain kinds of editing. I have to go back to my old CS3 to be as productive! (Current workaround: edit at 200%... but I can't see all I need that way.)
I am definitely not moving the mouse, because a) it is EVERY time, b) it is never more than 2 pixels, c) it is always a shrink, not an increase, and d) I use a trackpad: my finger is off the pad and no movement is possible, then I let go of the button and the numbers change.
Is there some workaround/fix, or is this just another bug?
TIA

I have now re-tested on a 2013 round Mac Pro D700, OS X Mavericks 10.9.4 (the latest).... and with TWO versions of Photoshop newer! PS CC 2014.
The exact problem remains in Photoshop CC 2014, albeit not all the time. (I guess that's progress?) But often enough to harm productivity, and it means I have to carefully watch and remember the XY numbers to use the marquee tool. It's nice and accurate before the mouse button is released... it just needs to KEEP the same values on release, and it shouldn't be difficult to insure that's the case. But it sometimes shrinks them.
Increase the zoom higher, and the problem happens less, but still sometimes. Zoom in far enough (300–400%) and the marquee tool starts to work reliably--except then I can't see the whole image I'm trying to select.
Also (related?) I have a retina (high DPI) display and the marquee isn't rendering accurately even before release: it's shifted by one retina pixel up or down. This is most obvious at 200% zoom, where you try to select full pixels and see them cut in half instead.
There's no justification for using different math (?) the moment the button lets go. This is a really basic tool, and I pay every month for it.... but the years go by with no fix. The software that charges my credit card seems reliable at least
Who should I contact to suggest the marquee tool be made to function at 100% zoom? Do I have any recourse available when a bug remains in three consecutive years of Photoshop? (I know the answer: choose a new career.)

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