Macbook "liquid damage"

I bought a macbook in feb., within three days of ownership it no longer worked. I sent it to Apple, they said it had been damaged by liquid and needed a new logic board at over $800 cost to me. Being a brand new computer, and me not spilling any liquid on it, I told them to nevermind the repair. Now, it's 3 months later and I still have this macbook that doesn't work. Only a dim lit green light shows when the magsafe adapter is plugged in. I can't find a answer online, and I can't fix it myself.
It is a shame that Apple thinks they can charge almost the price for a new computer to fix one that is messed up. What kind of warranty is that?
Since Apple does not want to willingly fix my computer (and now it's out of warranty anyway), I have decided never to buy another apple product again. ****, HP has a better warranty then that.
What I am wondering is if there is a way besides paying $400+ to a repair shop to fix the mac?

Well this was to replace a iMac G4 which burned out on me. I like macs, needed to upgrade to intel, bought this, and now have nothing. Reguardless of the damage, Apple wants $800 for a logic board where other authorized Mac repair shops want $400 for it. Really, $400 labor cost? I've taken the board out, and looked at it and it does appear to be fine. I'm wondering if the MagSafe adapter could be broken. The battery is dead so it don't power on anyway. There isn't a Apple store within miles of here, and I'd really hate to buy a new logic board to find that isn't the issue.
I've searched all over the net, many people have these issues yet no one can offer any helpful insite except "buy a new logic board". And that doesn't work for me. Surely someone has enough technical knowledge to offer a slight bit of advice as to why this thing just won't work.
Chances are, I will buy a new board, and install it, but if that fails then I have to assume it's the cheap power adapter that I really need. But thats a awful lot of unneeded spending for something which should be covered by any warranty. It's a shame there is so little support for the customer.

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