First of all Doug, those are nice cards. They look the same now as they did before you had them graded, which is to say they looked nice and I assume you were happy with them. I wouldn't get too bummed about your first submission.
I would tend to agree with what others have posted. I would not expect a card with a 1/2 inch "wrinkle" (read minor crease) across the image to receive any higher than a 3 on its best day. As for the Johnson, your scans are a bit blurry to these tired old eyes, but it looks like there might be some discoloration in that upper left corner. If not, I could maybe see that card grabbing a 60 on its best day, but the corners are a bit too rounded to call that a sure thing, and a 70 is a big stretch, IMO. Compare a Polar Bear WaJo PSA 4 on ebay right now--it has sharper corners and similar centering to yours with minor discoloration typical of that ad back. IMO, that card is accurately graded, and it too is very nice.
I know folks here are biased a little toward SGC, but I don't think you got a bum deal. I'd give them another shot or two.
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