The price includes the shipping cost ($6), so if you can find authentic points for less, go for it. Seriously, though, these came from an Illinois auction house on the upper Illinois River. Funny tale to add to that--the 'house' offered three or four groups of points. I was after group "A" as it had some decent points to offer--I had the winning bid. The other groups, well, some weren't bad, some were pretty average...and that's being kind. Finally the package arrived in the mail: "Where's my Thebes???" It seems I got some of group "B", some from C & D...none from group "A", the ones I'd won. Your first reaction is "Now wait a minute!"...long story short the auctioneer, Jake, tried to get the recipient of MY group to return them. No dice. Funny, his "I'll send you a refund" never came...so I've slowly been offering what I DID receive in small groups. Maybe some day it'll balance out. These four Hopewell points are Burlington nd heat-treated Burlington--actually some of the better points 'ol Jake sent me, lol. Now you know "The rest of the story". I welcome checks, cash, or M.O.s, but I never use paypal--Roy A.