Looking to upgrade to a 1440p 27" monitor for my b-day. Testing the waters on one specifically

Hi all. So over the past couple of months I've been looking on and off at 27" 1440p high-end gaming monitors and have got my eyes on one that has quite the controversial following. Being that I'm also partial to getting one with G-Sync I've been (of course) eyeing closely the ASUS ROG Swift series (preferably the TN paneled PG278Q as that's more within my budget). The controversy lies namely on Newegg and Amazon with...QC (Quality Control). A lot of these ROG Swifts that are being sold seem to going back to ASUS or Newegg or Amazon swiftly after purchase (see the word play there) with anything from backlight bleed, pixel inversion, poor construction, monitor dying between as little as 15-90 days after purchase to as far as 1 year after purchase due to poor construction, DOA monitors and (for the IPS paneled PG279Q) "uncontrollable IPS glow". To that one I say, aren't IPS panels supposed to glow? Only a little? A lot?

Where I'm going with this is based on what's in the channel now what are the odds I'm going to spend $650+ on a lemon here? I plan on getting the monitor next month around the time of my birthday. Is now a good a time as ever to gamble on the ASUS ROG Swift series? Also, I know we got an ASUS rep/insider on these forums so I hope he sees this as he stops by. Thanks in advance for your answers and advice and until next time I am out!

I have the PG278Q, three of them actually. No DOA. And they are great. Nice picture and really smooth looking gaming.

One of the monitors had a single stuck pink pixel (lucky it's closer to one side, so I just used that as the outer monitor and I never notice).

Another has an issue where the power light stays white in sleep mode (rather than orange). But I think it is going to sleep, just the light color is off, which I don't care about.

Other than that, they've been perfect. But I do remember worrying after reading the reviews, and I bought 3 from a lesser known 3rd party seller when they first came out and were hard to find. Gotta take chances sometimes.