Resolved Backlight Bleed

[macmac011]

I am currently on my 3rd M2 Macbook Air 16GB/512GB. The first two had backlight bleed coming from the top left and bottom right of the screen very badly. This current Macbook I currently have does indeed have some backlight bleed (I think they all do) yet this one is extremely minor and acceptable. However I noticed this mark on the black portion of the hinge. Would you let this slide or return it? I just don't want to look strange returning for the 3rd time to the Apple store over something that is potentially laughably minor. I also really don't want to go yet another month without my mac since. Other than this scratch and a couple microscratches in the screen (which might have been my fault cleaning it too soon) it is a perfect device. It is only 3 days old...

What do you think?
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[1BadManVan]

I am currently on my 3rd M2 Macbook Air 16GB/512GB. The first two had backlight bleed coming from the top left and bottom right of the screen very badly. This current Macbook I currently have does indeed have some backlight bleed (I think they all do) yet this one is extremely minor and acceptable. However I noticed this scratch on the black portion of the hinge, I do not believe it is a crack as I see no clear seperation. Would you let this slide or return it? I just don't want to look strange returning for the 3rd time to the Apple store over something that is potentially laughably minor. Going without a computer for yet ANOTHER month will really suck but for almost $2600 Canadian with AppleCare+ perhaps worth it? Other than this scratch and a couple microscratches in the screen (which might have been my fault cleaning it too soon) it is a perfect device. It is only 3 days old. To clarify, the hinge scratch in this image was there out of the box.

What do you think?
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Would drive me insane, especially for the price they charge for them.

Could try and do what I did, ask a manager to let you keep your MacBook until the replacement comes in. That’s what I was able to do

 

[macmac011]

Would drive me insane, especially for the price they charge for them.

Could try and do what I did, ask a manager to let you keep your MacBook until the replacement comes in. That’s what I was able to do

I'm heading to the genius bar tomorrow to talk to someone. If they can allow that it would be perfect, though I used a payment service to finance this mac (Apple 0% Finance through PayBright in Canada) so that may add a layer of difficulty. I would be happy if they could just replace the display assembly in shop within 3-5 days as I believe the black scratched portion is a part of the hinge. The body (bottom part) is flawless and mark free, so at least I know one half is good :/