Like they said, rest assured: you weren't ripped.
Early DP holos (DP, MT and SW) are like that. For instance, I have 2 DP Empoleon and 1 SW Lugia with sparkles all over the card, among others.
I also have POP 2 (Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Pidgeot) and POP 5 (Ho-Oh, Mew delta) holos like that.