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JKHey Daniel,
I generally agree with much of Paul's comments. I simply have no problem with erasing pencil, soaking. As for wrinkle removal, its not so much that I think spooning out a wrinkle is ok - its just that if its happened to one of my cards, I really dont care and Im not going to get worked up about it unless someone can prove to me that wrinkles come back. Ive never had a wrinkle show up in one of my cards that wasnt already there when I bought it - maybe Im just lucky and have never had a card with a wrinkle spooned out.
As for re-backing and trimming, different story. I also dont buy the premise that the composition of the card is the same if you trim or reback it - by definition, it cant be. In each case, you remove original portions of the original card. Intentional alterations such as those you mention are simply not analogous to ordinary wear and tear and I dont really know how to respond to the comparison between trimming and corner wear as to me (and I dont mean this disrespectfully) its just a silly argument.