Ghosting and out of warranty

I'm am writing my thesis for the moment and it is only now that I found out my Macbook Pro Retina Mid 2012 model suffers bad from ghosting.  Especially after being on a page for a while, it is realy burned in.
The waranty of my laptop expired last month and I didn't get the extended coverage.
Anybody any idea if Apple will still solve this problem?
Thx for the feedback

Same issue: Bad ghosting on a machine 40 days outside of warranty (same laptop as yours). They offered to repair it (switch out the screen) for around $600.  The genius said he "heard of a few instances like this" (yeah, right)... and expressed empathy... but still wanted $600.  There was some talk of a class action suit but I'm not a fan of going that route.  I feel Apple should somehow acknowledge the problem and offer a less-expensive fix.
By the way: Good luck on your thesis.

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