15" Retina dead pixels and hole in glass

After searching, it appears I'm not the only one who has encountered this issue, but I've decided to create another thread in order to bring more awareness to this issue.
Between the center and upper right corner of my 15" retina screen a stuck/dead pixel (possibly more than one) has apeared along with what appears to be a small pin hole or crater in the glass. At first, I thought there was a speck of dirt or something stuck to the screen but then realized after trying to rub it off and I believe actually getting some oils from my finger under the glass that it was more than a speck of dirt.
This, along with the common loose trackpad (that makes clicking noises) is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE When customers pay in excess of $2000 for a computer, they expect it to last more than a year without all these issues arrising.
Since this is from the first batch of retina macbooks I am past the warranty. I will be taking it to an Apple store in hopes that they will understand and replace it.
I should also mention that I had already had the screen replaced under warranty shortly after purchasing because of multiple scattered dead pixels

I think I have same problems many buyers of MBP Retina did face. I bought the computers from an american guy living in Italy in december 2012 or close, during the first part of 2013 I noticed with horror a dead pixel appearing in the centre of the desktop. I tried some software solution to try to fix it if it was a dead pixel, finally I decided to take it to an Apple center in July 2013. There a guy took it in the back to the technicians and store manager and told me that there were a bunch of dead pixels, that although the pc was bought in the end of june 2012 in USA, and was out of warranty (one year) for some days, Apple had a zero tolerance policy for this problem and they were going to change it anyway, free of charges. I was about to leave for the summer and did ask if I was coming back in September it was the same, and he did answer yes.
Then, my fault!, I was always postponing the time to go, even because I do work with this pc, and the thought of not having it for ten days or more was leaving me really anxious.
In the meantime, another pixel, or group of dead pixels, appeared, lesse viewable then the first one, and then another huge one after some weeks... making a total of three groups of dead pixels! I finally found the time to go to the genius bar, and they just told me that they could not find traces of what happened last year ( I went to the genius bar without appointment and they did let me in anyway....), that the machine was out of warranty and that they could do nothing but to replace it for more than 500 euros. Now apart from the annoying guy who was at the genius point, which brilliant solutions, with an unwanted and sick sense of humor were to put a white desktop background and try to forget it, or to try to go to Usa to fix it, and something like that (I was extremely polite, and I can understand one guy might be tired after a whole day working, but maybe he should not work with customers so); I would like to ask if there is nothing to do about this... Ok, it is my fault, I should have returned there before, but I bought a hd to make a backup with time machine, and then I read about lots of people who did have their monitor changed and then did face the same problem, so I was waiting even in the hope they did fix this problem... It is obvious that is a manufacturing fault faced from a lot of retina displays. I had a lot of notebooks of various brands and never, never, I had this problem after I bought the items (only one time I bought one with a dead pixel, but it was not after using it), so I was not thinking of having this problem on a machine sold for more than 2000 euros... I have to take that all retina are like this? And that Apple won't do nothing about it?
Thanks to all will help me on this.
Claudio

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