Since I can hardly wait to see it happen, here goes:

Apple's warranty states they may use refurbished parts or replacement machines to replace/fix defective machines. Aint that awesome? You pay $3000 for a top of the line monitor and YES, apple owes you no equal or better, they can give you whatever the hell they want, as long as it works "within spec".

I've heard of this one before, someone buys a new imac, it doesn't work, apple says they'll replace it and instead of doing the decent thing they send the customer a refurb, sometimes cosmetically abused by the previous owner too.

So you end up with something that's not only used but previously broken too.

I have a REAL problem with that myself, so I tend to give them a huge piece of my mind when they try to pull it.