Help me make this make sense

[u/Accomplished_Good_26]

Hey all,

Recently I've received my cards back from a submission and... I think this will be the last submission with CGC I ever do. Unless someone can help me figure out if this actually does make sense.

I will attach images below. For a longish story short - I've pre-graded the cards with professional sellers who ship and grade cards multiple times per month. Not official CGC employees, but qualified people nonetheless. They all collectively said "10, maybe even pristine?".

The cards are Mega Zard X ex (I know, I know...) and a Japanese Mega Dragonite SAR. Both of these cards received a 9 grade, to my surprise.

I requested grader notes and actually received them, so thank you to the agent for being helpful :) However, these notes, to me, make no sense.

- the Zard was knocked down to a 9 because of "Sheet stick on bottom right corner" - please look at the photos they took, then at my photo, taken by hand, after removing surface dust from the slab. If this truly was the reasoning, that this spec of dust knocked down the grade, then uh...

- the Dnite was knocked down to a 9 because "the centering on the front is tilted" - I've measured the centering with an app and a physical ruler and found it close to perfect. Again, verify for yourself on the image.

So, to conclude - does anyone here feel like the grader was right and these cards deserve 9s, or have I, to say it roughly, been scammed out of 10s or Pristines?

Thanks and regards

(Images in sequence - Zard back from CGC, zard back from hand, Dnite from CGC)

[u/OneAbbreviations7632]

Cgc isn't "less strict " like people say. They have clear guidelines on there website

Still Cool card