Black speck on my case

The moment I pulled my new 24" iMac out of the box and set it on my desk I noticed a tiny black speck on the front of the case near the blinking sleep light. I tried rubbing it off with some water and my finger and even tried scratching at it with my fingernail but it will not come off. If I run my finger across it I do not feel it, but I see its shadow on the white part behind the clear plastic so I know its on the surface or very near to it. Since it was there right when I pulled it out of the box I know it came that way from the factory which makes me think that others could have similar marks. Has anybody else noticed this and/or have any ideas on what it could be and how I can get rid of it? Its not a huge problem but it is kind of annoying. Thanks.

I had the same problem, black mark behind the clear case on the front panel.
I brought the 24” IMac from The Apple Store in Brent Cross UK; I wanted to check for dead pixels so I asked to open the box in store after I had paid for it. No dead pixels but a black mark under the front panel, I pointed this out and they swapped the IMac. I then checked the second machine and low and behold another black mark.
Apple then wasn’t prepared to open another IMac, they said I could have a refund or take the one of the opened IMacs and arrange to come back at a later date for them to remove the black mark. Now as you can imaging I wasn’t pleased, I thought Apple were suppose to be a company that cares about its products and customers. In the end I did take the opened IMac with the smallest mark at a discounted price.
As of yet I haven’t returned the IMac, I don’t really notice the black mark wear it’s situated in may office. But there is defiantly a problem with Apple’s inspection system if more and more machines are turning up with these black marks.

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