Bowman Chromes and Refractors

Tunispaul

I am fairly new to PSA, and from following the boards, it seems that much of the discussion is concerning older cards. This topic probably concerns all of about ten people but maybe I can get some feedback over a concern that I have. If you are building a basic Bowman Chrome Set for the registry, should the three levels of refractors "count" towards your completion rate? They probably are harder to find and more expensive but should they be included? It used to be very clear on what cards were within the Bowman Chrome sets. Now you have to pay close attention to the pop. to see if they are basic, refractor, xfractor, or gold. The new registry, just like the old one allows these subsets to fill in spaces in the basic set. Just a simple question from a "newbie". Thanks, Paul

maxXposure

i dont know how the bowman chrome set is composed, but if the refractors are "paralells" then they shouldnt be part of a basic set, but they could be included in a "master" set..

sjeanblanc

Hi Paul,

Yes, the set registry will allow you to register a Sean Casey, Sean Casey xFractor, Sean Casey Gold Refractor, to fill the Sean Casey slot in the set.

Basically though the control of what gets put where is up to you, if you want your set "pure" then only
register the base versions of the cards. That's the beauty of the Set Registry, it gives you the ability to choose what to put where.

I have the same issue with the 1998 Leaf R&S set where there are base cards, True Blue cards and Longevity cards. I just started going with which ever card was the best card of that player, because in the end it comes down to getting them graded and its not worth grading a base card when you have a parallel version that will grade better.

Just my opinion though,

Scott J.

Tunispaul

Scott, Thanks for the reply and your opinion. I agree with you that a base card probably isn't worth the fee to grade but the registry breaks up the Bowman Chrome sets into individual sets. For ex. I collect the 2002 Bowman Chrome Draft set(basic) for my registry set. There is a separate listing for 02 Refractor set, 02 Xfractor set and 02 Gold Refractor set. To play devil's advocate, if a refractor can fill a hole in a base set, then should a base card fill a hole in a refractor set. Why list all of these different sets and permit crossovers? Before the change in the format of the display of registry sets, you could look at another persons set and right away know what each card was. You could tell if it was a basic, refractor, etc. Now the registry only lists the population report plus the players name. If you are not up to date with your knowledge of the pop. reports then you would just assume they are all basic cards. It seems to me that PSA should once again list which cards are refractors or no longer allow a refractor card to fill the hole. Like I said before, this probably only affects about 10 people but as I am new to this, I didn't know who to bounce this off of. Thanks, Paul

sjeanblanc

Hi Paul,

You could suggest to BJ that the complete card company description be used for allowing a card into a
specific type set.

i.e. for a 2002 Bowman Chrome set

Bowman Chrome Sean Casey (would be acceptable)
Bowman Chrome Xfractor Sean Casey (would not be acceptable)

The only problem with this is that PSA doesn't always consistently label all cards the same way, let alone
make labeling mistakes.

Also I'm not sure where they label the "Xfractor" text, I know on my 1998 Leaf R&S the "True Blue" and "Longevity" aren't associated with the Card company or the Player Name, so that could make what you
want tough to do.

I definitely see your point though, I didn't catch all the other 2002 Bowman Chrome parallel set listings.

BJ is the best though so if anything can be done, she is the one to contact.

Take it easy,

Scott J.

Tunispaul

Scott, I sent the e-mail as suggested. Thanks alot. I have had one problem with a labeling situation but it was resolved perfectly by PSA. In addition to these refractors, they also have some with autographs. My card came back labeled in such a way that they created another tier of cards. There is four variations of each card but they created a 5th. Once this was pointed out, PSA reslabbed my card and deleted the 5th category. I have had nothing but positive experiences with PSA. Thanks again. Paul