Store vs. on-line purchased light leakage

For those of you who have noticed light leakage on your iPad2, did you purchase your iPad at a store (which one), or on-line?

Just reposting what i wrote in a similar thread:
Brand new ipad2 ships with brightness at 50%. For users who turn it down below 50% for preference, i'm sure there's hardly any light bleeding complaints.
For those that use brightness well above 50%, sure ok i can understand how light bleeding may be noticed at times. Go exchange it if you must.
But for those perfectionists who turn brightness up near 100% and then start searching for bleed issues... at night... on a pure black screen... good luck to ya. You'll never find that "perfect" ipad2.

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