Scratched up Intous Surface?

It's amazing that Wacom makes the Intuos line for professionals and supplies the tablets with a very cheap surface that scratches very easily even with regular nib replacement! I change my nibs all the time and still the scratches occur and always in the maddening spot where you draw all the time. This drove me nuts for about 6 months awhile back. Now they claim that the new sheets they sell are more opaque and better in this regard. Fine but they cost like 50 bucks! It's not that I can't afford it, but I find the price tag on a lot of wacom items a bit on the offensive side. So here's what. I found a cool tip online in a forum post that I wanted to share. The surface sheets are simply stuck in place but a thin strip of double stick tape at the top. Peel it up slowly and flip that sucker over. The backside is actually a tad bit rougher which I find to be a little more paper like and scratches a lot less easy. At worst you get two surface sheets out of every one you buy. Note: If you use hot buttons on your tablet this doesn't work for you as the label will all be in the wrong place and backwards, but for those of us that don't it rocks! Hope that is helpful to anyone with an annoying scratch in the middle of their Intuos! It saved me from going nuts! IIId