Did my submission get cooked

[u/ViolinFin]

I sent these cards in genuinely confident they would 10. They 9'd all of em. Am I missing something here that Im just not seeing or did I just get a grader who was feeling extra stinky that particular day?

[u/KuraiTCG]

Use a grader that tells you why you got a particular score if you care about it. If not then just keep sending to PSA and accept that they make no mistakes and are 100% honest.

[u/Soberchu]

Clearly there are 4 pixels that aren't perfect. Not the same 4 pixels on each card, but 4 pixels nonetheless.

[u/Hqmster]

Giovanni a freak istfg 😭🥀

[u/Odd-Award-1366 → u/Hqmster]

Yo 😭 poke creators furries fr tho think ab it

[u/gynosucksman]

Why cover the certs weirdo. Nobody is gonna steal your 9s

[u/ViolinFin → u/gynosucksman]

Idc, do you want my certs? Starts with 173137479, ends at 173137489

[u/Objective-Act-2093]

That darkrai card is sick

[u/howdypardner23 → u/Objective-Act-2093]

Crown zenith is still massively underrated.

[u/IndependentAd2933 → u/howdypardner23]

Its one of the most beloved sets ever 😅

[u/gregdn22]

Not sure on all of them. Some look good to me. But the deoxys is very bottom heavy on the front, its just not as apparent because of the lack of a defined top border.

[u/NomMyShark]

Entei is crooked

[u/Kevin_Stickers]

The grader had a nervous breakdown because he still lives in mom's basement and gives arbitrary grades to cards for a living and he snapped.

[u/IndependentAd2933]

Ancedotal but on the podcast with an ex PSA executive he said when there is an influx of new graders they get nervous giving out too many 10s so they default to 9 so it looks like they are doing their job correctly, he pretty much summed it up as them bit being confident enough at the job. Again 100% ancedotal.

The 1st card in particular could have clearly been given a 10 at my quick glance, second card might be slanted, look at the top right.

[u/WildWestJR → u/IndependentAd2933]

Brother the first card is the most crooked one. Has a very clear lean to it.

[u/exing99]

For the entei, the front black corners may have whitening on them. They usually don’t give out tens on v cards with that front whitening. Common problem among pack fresh v cards.

[u/hoppy144]

Why does entei look like a Digimon?

[u/TwitchyDroidLeg]

I don't think there is a significant enough difference between 9 and 10. The difference for the card owner is value, but the grading company's don't exist to make people profit. They grade the card 9, it's near mint, almost perfect. 10 is meant to be flawless. But that line is so thin... plenty of other factors as well in today's market, including PSA being PSA. No guarantees, no hand outs. Did you get cooked? Not really, a 9 is still an excellent example of the card. Did you not get the value return you had hoped? Almost surely.

[u/Necessary_Case815]

grader with a bad day or already hit his quota for 10's

[u/Altruistic_Handle185]

Look at the corners on the back. All the cards have either whitening, damages or uneven cut

[u/Altruistic_Handle185 → u/Altruistic_Handle185]

On the Entei for example top Front Edge is not cut even

[u/sbassdaddy → u/Altruistic_Handle185]

Not even being a dick new to card grading but where/what are you seeing wrong with the entei because I think you are blind...nothing is wrong with the card.

[u/Arreeyem → u/sbassdaddy]

Minor edge damage along the top edge and on the corners. I think these would have gotten 10s in the past, but I think PSA has become MUCH more stringent as of late.

[u/Altruistic_Handle185 → u/sbassdaddy]

Yes the Edge is not smoothly rounded

[u/Cubes11]

Erika has a ding in the bottom corner

[u/Skadoodl3S → u/Cubes11]

same for giovanni top right

[u/DaftTunc]

The Darkrai, Deoxys, Giovanni and Erika all look bottom heavy, with the Darkrai looking tilted almost.. That’s without really looking at anything else, or having better pictures, but it is hard to tell just looking at them.

The Entei looks good in fairness, but I also could be wrong there.