2017 Topps Baseball Forum

Hello to all!  Been a member since '14 but have only started to earnestly take advantage of this great site recently with the downfall of Zistle.  Love the site and enjoy using it.  So, I just wanted to get that out of the way.  

Onto business.  And apologies if this thread is misplaced, as I wasn't sure which forum would best suit it.  Anyhow, I've noticed that the 2017 Topps "Rediscover" Buybacks have wreaked their havoc here.  There is a Topps and a Topps Heritage Buybacks set entry with each having non-year-specific numbering.  I saw some discussion of this issue in the 2017 Topps forum but no real resolution.  I echo the thoughts of the one member who suggested a prefix for the year of each card.  For instance, a 1989 Topps Darryl Strawberry "Rediscover" buyback would be numbered as "#1989-300" in the checklist.  A tad messy, but avoids duplication of numbering.

Any thoughts on this?  It seems no matter what angle you take it's gonna be a real pain in the, erm, elbow.

MK

This has been discussed. The number system you propose was how they started to be entered, but Admin requested the current system of just number, and using notes2 to ID year and colour of stamp.

Also to add to that, I was actually the one to add the same set under Heritage as well. If I'm not mistaken, we are to list them under the set they were pulled from, and I got the Pat Borders buyback from a Heritage blaster. 

Is there anyway to discern what product (ie flagship or Heritage) the buyback came from?  I can't detect one.  What I'm getting at is not all of these things will be found straight from a pack.  For instance, I found three at a recent card show in a dime box.  Therein lies a chief issue.

Unfortunately there doesn't look to be a way to tell the difference. What I would do is list the card under the set that you pulled the card from. For cards that you get loose and are not sure where it came from, I'd just list it under the flagship.