General Forum

Ok guys....I pretty much look everyday on pristine auctions to see if something catches my eye.  I have found it useful for building sets since a lot of partial sets and near sets are auctioned off.  However, I have been frustrated that you cannot get a listing of which cards are included and you can't always get a good idea on condition.  Just curious, is there anyone out there that buys anything from pristine and if so, have to been happy with your product?  Also, do you feel it is a good way to purchase cards or are they overpriced in your opinion?  Look forward to reading the feedback!

I used to purchase items from Pristine Auction but have stopped for multiple reasons.

1) Pictures are poor and have been burned multiple times with getting very poor condition cards that you can not see in the one or two photos.

2) The shipping costs and extra taxes/fees are crazy high. You think you got a good deal on an auction you won then here come the outragious fees.

3) Their listings are not accurate. On multiple occasions I bought what they listed as a complete set but when I got the set it was missing multiple cards (all the best/most expensive cards in the set). I called to complain and they said they do not check the sets they take the word of the person giving them the set to sell. They would not give a full refund only a partial refund.

4) They have your credit card on file so they can charge it at will. I bought an auction on accident. I notified the site to advise them the bid was a mistake and would not be paying for the item. I did not get a respose. 7 days later, my credit card was charged without notification and they shipped the cards I did not want. BEWARE!

Hope this helps.

I took at look at the site after you posted about it. All it took was the auction for 2 1987 Fleer Bo Jackson RCs with a starting bid of $20 to turn me off of their site. Their scans looks like they are LQ, and they do not describe (grade) the cards.

Thanks guys...I have only bought a few cards from the site...mostly notably a 1980 baseball complete set.  Was missing one common card, but the cards were near mint.   I will say that most of the cards do not start at $20. It's my understanding the prices are set by the seller.  I agree the shipping and fees do not help at all.