Connie Francis Believe In Me/My First Real Love 45 E+ Condition Low Opening Bid

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Greetings everybody, and Happy New Year!  Thank you very much for stopping by another of my ebay record auctions!  I appreciate that you did take the time to click on my listing and have a look around, and I hope that I will have something you might want for your very own!  Whether you are here to place a bid, to do some window shopping, or perhaps to compare prices, gradings and policies, I am just happy to have you here! Hey, tonight is New Years' Eve, and though I'm not a "party person", I always enjoy having company over, even if it's only my listings! I do have my visitor counter (I'm one of the few who's not scared to still use them!), and at least this way, you-and I-can see how much company we can enjoy! I am going to start another venture with records on ebay starting in the new year, so if what I have here doesn't quite do it for you, stay tuned, you never can tell what's coming next!  Tonight, I am testing something. I got out and about for a short time yesterday, and though I didn't find a lot of records, I did come across a few that looked interesting. So instead of going through all the crates, boxes, piles, and stacks of records in the collection I call my living space, tonight, I am going to see what I can do on the short term.  So the records getting listed tonight are LIFO, not FILO nor LILO.  In case you're wondering those acronyms are "Last In First Out", "First In Last Out", and "Last In Last Out".  Ah yes, my business classes...glad to see something stuck! Anyways, I hope I'll have something you want, and if so, that's great news for everyone!  Let's see what I have up this time!
This time up, I have a 1956 7" 45rpm release on the MGM Records label, label # K 12191, by Connie Francis.  This is the single of "My First Real Love" b/w "Believe In Me".  Like I stated above, I just found this yesterday, and I was rather shocked to find that by using both titles on this 45, I did not see another listing for this 45 on ebay!  With Connie's popularity, I would have thought pretty much all her recordings would be listed somewhere, but not this time! Perhaps that's a good thing. I don't know if this could be considered rare or not.  But I can tell you that this 45 is in very nice shape, as I don't see any scratches, scuffs, nor any kind of mark that might affect the play. But it could stand a thorough cleaning before playing. As it stands, I think it's safe to give this my E+ grading. That's my grading though, and my grading is considered non standard. If you are thinking of placing a bid, please have a look at the paragraph that follows this one, as it contains my gradings and their respective descriptions.  It won't take long to read, please do. This does not have a picture sleeve, but it does have an original "company" sleeve, though it does have wear, bending, and a few light tears. The label has very little noticeable wear, and the text is still clear and easily readable.  If you have any questions or comments, please send them along to me, and you will receive a response. If you need more pictures or description, I can and will be happy to provide.


In case anyone's wondering, here is my scale for grading.  M  Mint.  Reserved for still factory sealed.N- Near Mint, opened, no marks whatsoever.  E+, no marks other than a smudge that i'm too lazy to clean.  E, a light mark or 2, probably won't affect play. (why "probably"?  Because everyone claims their hearing is better than the next persons'.) E-, marks or wear that will cause a little audible affectation.  V+, wear that will cause some distortion of some type.  V, V-, P, well, you get the picture.

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR NON-U.S. BIDDERS!!!!
All items I sell will be sent with a copy of the sale form, printed up from eBay.  I will not "mark item as a gift", just so you can evade import rules.  The people at my post office know me, and they will check overseas packages for inspection.  I hope you will understand my position about this, my apologies if you are not able to comply.

Also, international bidders, the price listed for postage on my listings are for domestic mailing.  I wish I could send overseas for that price, but reality speaks different.  I place a fair price on all international postage.  Watch for the invoice if you win.

ALSO-I need to let international bidders know of a certain problem that doesn't always happen, but will arise from time to time.  All International mail sent from this region has to go through the U.S. Postal Service sorting center in Sandston Virginia, by our local airport.  This sorting center has been named the least efficient sorting center in the entire U.S. Postal Service.  They prove this from time to time by mis-routing packages.  If this happens-and I will monitor the delivery-usually it will add at least an extra week for it to arrive.  If there are any problems, please contact me first, and I will do what I must to make sure you are satisfied with the order.
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All items that are sent to a U.S. address will have delivery confirmation (at my cost) attached, as I have found that it helps...a lot!....to ensure that packages are truly en route to the customer.  This is for both of our sakes.  I will be using USPS "Media Mail" as my primary shipping method, however, if needed, and for an extra charge, I can ship with "Priority Mail", and if i can get away with it for the price, I really like 1st Class, but that's weight-dependent.

Oh yes, if you are the winning bidder, and you are in the Commonwealth of Virginia, I'm afraid you are going to have to fork over the 5% Virginia State Sales Tax.

Paypal is my preferred method of payment, if you need another way, please contact me before bidding.  Or, if you have any other questions about this listing, or any of my listings, please feel free to contact me.  I will answer any & all questions as quickly and concisely as possible.

Also, I do have other listings available as well, and if you would be interested in more than one item, I have no problem with holding onto wins in case you would like to combine wins to save some money instead of multiple p&h costs.

Ebay has mandated that I include a "handling time" something I had thought was already included.  I usually get records mailed out the day after payment arrives.  But I will let you know that if any listing that is paid for after Friday mornings will have to wait until the following Monday, since I do the majority of packing at work-I have my packing stuff there.  Plus-I won't hound you for payment. As long as people stay in touch, and let me know the interest is still there, don't rush on my account. I don't mind waiting a bit and usually won't send any kind of reminders until after a week-at least-has gone by.  In this economy, the last thing anyone needs is for a seller to come off like a bill collector.  I'll work with you!

I hope that there's someone out there who might like to make this part of your own collection, since that's what I'm here for!  I do appreciate that you did click on my listing and had a chance to check out the goods, thanks again for stopping by!