Iphone ruined my macbook pro retina batterie? is this possible?

Hello,
I have a macbook pro retina 15" and sudenly the batterie stoped charging.
A few nights before i left my iphone 4 conected to it because i had no charge on it. Later in that morning the iphone was charged (and the laptop wasnt connected to the ac charger)
I went away for a week without the laptop and when i returned and tryed to charge the computer. So i pluged the charger. 6 hours after, the red light in the charger was still on. (The charger is brand new, bought online in november 2013)
I found it strange and pressed the power button on the laptop.
it started normally while connected and the battery icon said it has 28% of battery, but it also has the info that its not charging and to replace the batery. A few minutes after using the laptop it sudenly turns off. I unplug the charger and it doenst power on hen i press the power button, but when i connect the charger he assumes it and powers on automaticly. I also made the SMC reset but with no positive result.
The one year warranty expired two months ago, and since it was bought on the USA and i live in Portugal im having some issues trying to solve this.
I went today to a mac premium store here in Lisbon, Portugal and they sayd i have to replace the top bottom (?) where the battery is located. They just asked for 530€ (aprox 750 dollars) just for the replacement part.
The guy from the store said that you should never leave your macbook pro stored with 100% battery, always between 40 and 60%, is this true?
Im having a huge trouble in acepting this because i dont use the laptop while charging, i always let it almost empty before charging again. and i dont use it a daily basis.
Is it possible a computer so expensive has so many problems?
Someone has an opinion or idea?
Thanks
Pedro

Start by calling Apple Support at the country number from http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57 as the info from the person you talked with is incorrect.
You can leave the MBP with a full charge with no problems, in fact that is the best thing to do.
The iPhone charging did not damage the MBP battery, the failure of that battery is another issue.
When you say you bought the MBP charger on-line, is it an Apple charger or third-party charger?  Many thiord-party chargers do not output the correct power (voltage and current) for the computer and do cause damage to the battery and charging circuitry.
Talk with the Apple Support people and see what they recommend and how to proceed.

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