So, it was with extreme apprehension, after reading several of the ASUS RMA horror stories, that I sent my brand-new PG279Q monitor in for service. I had at least seven decent sized clusters of extra bright, almost stark white pixels showing in various locations, so my monitor was definitely a dud, and sending it back to the place of purchase wasn't an option. I really had little choice.

Well, first of all, I saw several posts about broken monitor stands and the like and really couldn't understand those since the RMA instructions specifically stated not to return any accessories that weren't asked for, including the power adapter and the stand. Anyway, I securely packaged the panel only and shipped it off. Exactly two weeks later I received my monitor back and, from all I can see, it is an almost perfect panel. A little back light bleed, which is to be expected with this type of panel, but no dead pixels and no bright spots. The serial number and manufacturing date on the back are the same, so I'm assuming they replaced the panel, but kept everything else. I'm very pleased with the way they corrected my original issue.

That was the good. Now, on to the bad.

The tech that performed my repair was not very careful and paid little attention to the fine details. Cosmetically, my monitor was perfect when I sent it in. Upon return, the front of my monitor looks awful. The little ASUS label sticker at the bottom, center of the front of the monitor is scuffed, moved, and basically all screwed up. Where the letters were split, the upper portions are all shoved up and to an angle and the glue underneath is all smeared all over. I attempted to move these but they don't want to move easily. I contacted ASUS technical support and they stated that they could not send me a label sticker and that I would need to RMA once again to get this corrected. Well, paying $40+ out of my pocket to RMA my monitor back to ASUS, incurring unreasonable expense and risking further damage, just to correct the additional damage that they caused is an unacceptable request in my opinion. Very poor customer service.

Since the monitor works and I'm pleased with the basic function of the monitor, I'm going to keep it as is. I'll try to carefully remove the unsightly ASUS sticker from the front and clean the glue residue off.

Still, if anyone from ASUS tech is reading this, I would highly suggest that you forward this on to your techs. They need to be much more careful when working on other people's property and pay much more attention to quality and detail.


Not the best picture, I know, but good enough to see the label is perfect and straight.



Here's how it looked upon returning to me