Some here don't like car analogies but if a major car manufacturer built new cars that has clearcoat separating from the paint I'm sure there would be a major recall. I would like to see someone buy a brand new car with ghosting clearcoat and say it's just a car, just drive it and don't worry about it. That POV reminds me a child who doesn't wash his face because it will get dirty again. It's a defect, make believe it's not there if you're so inclined but I wouldn't buy a late model Stern game with ghosting on the used market unless it was cheap enough to pay for putting in a new playfield. Then you risk, what happens if the new playfield does it. If anything it should be a problem to owners just based on resale value, unless you find someone who just isn't aware of the issue. Sending someone a new blank playfield seems to me the equivalent of sending someone a gallon of paint because their new car's clearcoat is delaminating.

For the people who just bought the machine new to play and don't care about the ghosting issue, I wonder if they care when they go to sell it and find out that a good percentage of buyers will care and will want to pay much less for a machine with ghosting.

If Stern is outsourcing the PF's, I would think they would expect that company to warranty the defective PF's. If that company refused, it could be one of the reasons they decided to make PF's in house.