cracked cards on psa pop reports and registry?

[novakjr]

John's post about his Clemente issues got me thinking...If a card that is cracked and re-submitted, is counted twice(or more) on the pop report. And cards that are crossed over to other companies like SGC, or just flat out cracked, are still on the pop report. Exactly how accurate is the PSA pop report? Are any of these non-existent cards in the registries right now? Are the companies in contact with each other in regards to cards that have been crossed over so they can take the serial numbers out of their systems?

Or hypothetically, in John's case.. If he still had the original PSA flip after cracking and submitting to SGC and then back to PSA. Could he technically still use the original flip(or at least numbers) and have a 4 on his registry, despite the fact that the same card is currently holdered a 3?

At some point the holder becomes an extension of the card. Basically, combining to make a new product, part old, part new. With the serial number and slabbed grade being key components of the new product. Once it leaves PSA's hands, it becomes just another number in their system that truly only exists virtually in some cases. A number that can affect population, value, and any number of of other things. With so many loopholes, why are people so willing to let an innacurate pop report dictate what a card sells for or what they're willing to pay?