New MacBook Air w/ lines, what is the panel #?

So after long delay I bought a MBA for my primary computer... However, I have the grey lines and I returned it and received another one with even worse grey lines. This is absolutely insane! How can this be? When compared next to the MBP and MB this screen is terrible (excluding black levels). I mean using Google or Pages I can see the grey lines plain as day. Now that they are there I cannot work because my eyes always focus on them. I read somewhere about people getting the MBA without grey lines, is this true? If so, I also heard that they had luck with a certain model of panel number (e.g 9C8F). Can anyone lend some help here? How would I tell the panel number and if I return it, should I look for one with a certain serial number or is the panel number listed on the outside of the box?
Thanks,
Mike

"should I look for one with a certain serial number or is the panel number listed on the outside of the box?"
With very few exceptions, Apple builds computers with each module supplied by an assortment of vendors. The panel vendor cannot be ascertained by the computer serial number, and it is not listed on the exterior of the shipping box.

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