Can a Apple Center change the hard disk for me?

I have a mid-2011 Mac Mini that has been upgraded to 8GB of RAM. The thing is, I now want to change the hard drive to a WD Scorpio Black to yield faster loading speeds, but I don't want to mangle around inside the Mac Mini on my own after watching the DIY video. Furthermore, I don't trust Hitachi-brand drives.
Can I buy said hard disk, and then have an Apple Center do the upgrade for me?

Noted. Thanks for the reply
The main reason I want to do this is because I want a faster drive really. Having upgraded to 8GB of RAM, I now notice that the main bottleneck on the Mac Mini is due to the drive being clocked at 5400rpm. The WD Black is a 7800rpm drive with more cache memory, which I expect should reduce the bottleneck quite considerably.

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