Pre-cert is not a guarantee on anything. You can submit them for full letters and they could conceivably be rejected. When I bid in auctions that only offer pre-cert or auction LOAs I will contact the house ahead of time and ask if I am able to upgrade to a full cert if I win the auction. Usually there is a pretty substantial discount compared to a re-submission. I only paid an extra $50 to have a Cy Young upgraded to a full cert. If the house doesn't offer the upgrade service I don't bid because I know it's just rolling the dice on an unauthenticated item.
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