Pseudo scratches on brand new iMac (early 2009) display (a happy tale)

Question

In case this might help anyone. I was disappointed to find on my day-old iMac several fine scratches on the display. Just to be sure they were true scratches, I rubbed each with the enclosed black microfiber cloth. Still there. The scratches had an optical effect—if you moved your head when looking at a scratch, with the display showing a white background, little bands of color could be seen along each scratch.
I knew I had not scratched the display myself. I was not looking forward to discussing with Apple if the glass (or whole iMac, now loaded with my data) could be replaced. After reading another post, I decided to try to determine if the scratches were on the inside of the glass—if so, I figured at least that would be a shoo-in for replacement under warranty.
A drew a fingernail across one scratch, to see if I could feel it. I could. But wait—did I just remove that section of the scratch? Yes.
Back to the microfiber cloth, now dampened with water, and with a little more pressure—"scratches" are gone!

Answer 1

nolamike wrote:
A drew a fingernail across one scratch, to see if I could feel it. I could. But wait—did I just remove that section of the scratch? Yes.
Back to the microfiber cloth, now dampened with water, and with a little more pressure—"scratches" are gone!
I bet a tiny sliver of the glue used to hold that big piece of protective plastic sheet they apply over the iMac when shipped stayed on the screen when you peeled it off.
Glad it worked out.
Patrick