Do the rubber feet on the MBP fall off???

Hi -
I got my MacBook Pro back in June.
The rubber feet on this thing are great, keep it gripped to the table, keep it elevated slightly...
Problem I've encounterd recently is that the rubber feet are getting some scratches on them.
I suspect it being due to my just putting it on a table, the table must have at times, had little crumbs or debris or something that could have caused it to scratch? I don't know.
The scratches are minimal - they are, for the most part, cosmetic.
My fear is that these will fall off. I've read that Apple keeps the MBP overnight and wants $50 to replace the feet, and that the feet actually screw into the case.
With all that being said, is it likely that the feet on the MBP will just fall off or break off??
I'm loving my MacBook... but seeing how these rubber feet get scratches so easily, without really even having anything sharp touching them, I am a bit concerned. I've put it on a surface, and I'm guessing something very small left over had scratched the rubber feet. I'm not sure... I'm not an expert on that. The scratches are minimal, I'd consider them to be cosmetic, but this is still a concern of mine.
Thanks.

Sunny's mommy wrote:
You can get them from the Apple store. I know the geniuses definitely have them, or they used to. Don't know about the people actually working on the floor.
For the new model with the wide black feet? Already?
I take it you now have a paper-punch-sized hole where the foot was, correct?
What I might do while we wait for replacement MB AL feet to become widely available (in any case), is get some Avery removable colored dots to cover up the hole(s). If at all possible, if the missing foot is from the screwed-on case rather than the access panel, I'd move a remaining foot from the removable panel to the case. The feet look as if they can be pushed out from inside.
I'm not sure how they are installed on the MB AL case, but it'd seem you got a poorly glued one.
So far we're fine. If enough people report foot loss here's hoping Apple'l put up a tech note about it.
It's conceiveable that your foot failed so early because the MB was exposed to an unusual temperature/humidity environment, or an out-of-spec glue job slipped through QA.
Every one of these new MB's & MB Pros are warrantied till at least October of the coming year, so it shouldn't cost you anything if there are enough instances of foot loss reported.
''86

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