You lazy liberals. Always looking for a handout. There's no free lunch, buddy!
This, actually, is quite true. (The no free lunch thing, not the lazy liberals thing. Although...)
A few years ago I mail ordered a used IBM 21" monitor. I bought it because it was cheap, and because the manufacturer and the reseller both had sound reputations.
Well, you get what you pay for. The monitor I received had problems with poor brightness, low contrast, and some color casts in the corners. The image would go blurry after a few hours of on-time. The stupid thing was simply worn out. I suppose I could have returned it for a refund, but the shippings costs made that impractical.
I eventually had to replace that monitor with a new 17" monitor I bought from a local store. I would have saved a lot of money if I'd ponied up for the new monitor first.
The current left-side monitor is a Radius Precision View that I bought new in 1995. And it's starting to act like it may be going.
I bought a few Radius monitors years ago. Most were pretty good, but not even the best was worth looking at longer than three or four years. If you like eye strain, keep your monitor forever and a Sunday afternoon.