I was going to do the same, but seeing as how the backlight bleed with this monitor is such a gamble, i decided to go the costco route since its much easier to return and deal with costco rather than LG.
I wasn't too worried about the glow. But the orange-ish bleed looks exactly like what you see in the picture. It is hard for me to compromise with its high price tag ($900).
I bought another one from costco. I don't want to deal with LG so i figured i might as well pay little extra and get...