Apple Care put a scratch on my laptop!

I just recieved my laptop back from apple on Wed/Thu (Stratford, London store) , i still have a my receipt etc and i just noticed they put a scratch ontop of my laptop! I am 100% sure that i never did that and before i gave it to them, it wasn't there.
What makes me more suspicious is that someone tried rubbing it out with some water as the stain was around the scartch. I am the only person in the house, is there anything i can do about this? Please let me know.
Thank you in advance

Take it back in and ask to speak with the manager of the store. Explain to them that you noticed this issue when you got home and had time to closely inspect the laptop. It not out of the ordinary for people not to notice small things like this when they're in a public environment and rushed in/out of the door or there's noise around them. Your mindset is in a different state and it's not until you're calmer that you start to notice small things. Explain your issue and have them fix it. Explain that it even looks like someone tried to rub off the scratch. If you get nowhere with that, write a complaint email to Apple corporate relations and they'll rectify the situation one way or another. You may have to press a little though.

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