Black "finish" coming off!/ that annoying "ping" under the keyboard

I have two separate issues with my MacBook (black) that I purchased about 2 mos. ago.
1) I'm hearing a "ping" or "tink" at regular intervals (20-30 sec.) under the right side of the keyboard, sort of near the "delete key" area. I noticed some other people have posted a similar issue, but I didn't see a consensus answer as to what is going on.
2) Apparently, the black finish of the MacBook is covered by some sort of clear filmy material...and, mine is beginning to peel off (at the seam on the right corner..just to the right of where my hands rest). I can only assume this will continue. Great.
Anyone else having these problems? I actually went to the "Genius Bar" this morning for help. My plastic-disengagement was the first case of it the fellow had seen. And, unfortunately, I don't think he properly heard the "ping" noise (as he had to go listen in the back of the store where it wasn't so noisy, and I wasn't readily available to point out what i was talking about). He may have thought I was just bothered by normal program start-up nosies. This "ping" noise is like water torture if you're working in a quiet library office.

Yeah, I'll probably wait a little bit to return to the Genius Bar, or take it to another Apple store. I'm pretty sure the "ping"/"boink" noise wasn't an issue in the first month of use.
He did make a record of the situation with the finish. I assume this goes into my apple care record and maybe some general database of "things we need to work on." I asked what I should do if this continued (with the fear that it probably would). He said to bring it back to the store. I'm not sure what Apple would do in that case. If/when I get to that stage, I'll update. I just wasn't sure if this was a possible problem b/c this is a new-ish finish.

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