Yeah, selling a defective product is a scam. The least what can be done is product replacement, the most is jail time for execs if they deliberately set up this policy.
Well if I notice it, I'm not paying $3k for it, I'll tell you that. If most customers wouldn't notice, they should have no problem "refurbishing" it, should they?
No they should sell it as Open Box, or some other reduction in price at $1,500 or less...
That is how defects like this normally work, if I buy a $$$$ monitor, you better bet I expect not to have dead pixels, if I do I want them to replace it.
Then they sell it has Open Box or B Grade Referb to a customer that is fine with a few dead pixels in order to get a deal on the unit...
