Player(s):  Jose Canseco

Event:  First 40/40 player in Major League History

Postmark: September 23, 1988 in Milwaukee, WI 

Bio:  Oakland A's, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Gateway Stamp Status:  $95.00 Retail Price on the GatewayStamp website

You are bidding on a Gateway Stamp Cachet autographed by Jose Canseco and postmarked on September 23, 1988 in Milwaukee, WI.  This limited edition, collectable & philatelic envelope cannot be reproduced and remains in great condition (unless otherwise noted in the “Item specifics” section). 

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This week features 2 groups of  9 to 11 items that are scheduled to end at 8pm & 8:05pm Eastern on Sunday

BLEMISHES DISCLOSED IN THE "Seller Notes" box within the "Item Specifics"  SECTION

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SHIPPING:  Includes bubble protected envelope, hand-cut styro-board protection, and plastic top-loader for even more protection.  Shipping is more than just $2.45- $3.00 in postage.  This extra care accounts for the increasing postage fees and the extra care that has resulted in ZERO damaged item complaints in my 12+ years of selling on eBay.

Standard Shipping & Handling is $3.69 to the United States.

International shipping or any other shipping services will be the price of shipping + $2.  The most recent shipping cost to Canada was $13 USD.

Combined shipping is assumed at no extra charge when you purchase from my regularly scheduled auctions. 

***FEEL FREE TO REQUEST COMBINED SHIPPING OF MULTIPLE WEEKS’ AUCTIONS AT NO CHARGE !!  All you have to do is pay for multiple weeks' auctions at the same time.  Due to the limited time eBay saves auction information, please limit multiple auction combinations to 15 days (three auction weeks).

Items WILL BE SHIPPED when they are paid for.  If you want to combine shipping for multiple weeks...DO NOT PAY until you are ready for shipment.  Delayed payments for this purpose WILL NOT lead to negative feedback.

AUCTION PROCEEDURES...

All of my scheduled auctions end on Sunday evenings.  Each 5-minute interval will contain several auctions (usually 6-12 items).  Mistakes in auction scheduling  do occur from time to time, but the expected scheduling of items will be from 8:00 until 8:10 PM (Eastern Time).  

PAYMENT via PAYPAL ONLY.  eBay's rule, not mine. 

WHY do I no longer start all items at a penny anymore?

Reason #1 - Due to declining stocks of particular items I began using Reserve Prices.  After a few messages from customers expressing irritation to the unknown Reserve Price, 1 suggested I just use a minimum bid...so I listened

Reason #2 - While shopping on eBay myself, I noticed a feeling that items priced too low lacked legitimacy.  My thinking while shopping was "how can an AUTHENTIC item worth $75 be listed for under a $1?"  So I expanded the minimum bid to all items to reduce that perception for others.

Note that MOST items I offer on eBay have a starting price of around 90% OFF the retail price.