Brand new 27' iMac with monitor flaws????

Just curious as to how others view this and what you would do. I have a couple of places on my monitor (barely noticeable, but there none the less) where it looks like the glass portion of it was scratched and/or pitted on the backside (one looks like a scratch and 1 other place looks like it could be a pixilation of some sort. Would any of you bother with getting another one considering that if/when you do, you have the chance of getting another one that is possibly worse? I'm a little undecided here. Thank you for any input you may have.

Do not wait to return this. When I bought my 27" iMac and got it home, I noticed 4 dead pixels immediately. I phoned the store up and they agreed to take it back for an exchange. When I did go back to exchange it, I had them unbox and test before I left. The replacement had dead pixels, the next one had a chip in the glass underneath the pane, and finally the last one was 100% without problems. It's not been a full year with mine yet and already now the screen exhibits blurry/grey pixels on the top which I had a tech come out and replace the LG screen inside, only to have the replacement have more dead pixels. For me personally 2k for a rig with display issues is not worth it. I wouldn't hesitate to exchange/return ASAP!

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