MacBook Pro destroying batteries

Ok guys...I have an issue with my MBP. Ive had it for a long time now and it has had a few trips to the apple store to see what the problem was. Im posting this to share with you, my crazy experience that im still not out of. Maybe some of you have had this problem, but whatever info I can get would be helpful.
My problem will be best put into a little timeline.
My MBP was purchased in July of last year (06). It came out of the box working wonderfully and without one single problem..no whine, no screen issues, Nothing. It served me well from the start, and continued to untill about 5 months ago.
The first incident took place in school when my computer was plugged into the AC power connector. Someone unplugged it for a second to connect my plug to a power strip, and "poof" my computer went dead. Out of nowhere.
I didnt really think there was a problem until I pushed the charge indicator on the battery and found out that the battery was fully charged! Through experimenting with it, I found out that the only way my computer stayed on was to be hooked up to the AC power into the wall. This is a problem considering my laptop's main purpose is to be portable.
I scheduled an appointment that week and took it down and got it checked out. The guy was really cool about it and explained that some batteries are just bad, or go bad over time. I was pleased to hear that, and remembered reading something about a battery recall. So he placed a new battery in and like magic, the MBP came on and worked on its own! I was happy that it wasnt my computer, and that it was just a defective battery.
The new battery he gave me worked wonderfully, for about, 3 months. Then, one day, out of nowhere, "poof" , It just died again after being removed from the wall on full charge. Like I said before, It would power on, and work fine while plugged in, and the battery read as fully charged.
I still wasnt too concerned because I saw how easily it was fixed before and just thought, maybe there are a lot of faulty batteries out there.
Took it back to the store 2 weeks ago, and told them of my previous visit for the same issue. He told me that it could be the logic board or the battery. Then, he put a new battery in and it worked again perfectly, so he said it was the battery and not the logic board. Once again, my computer worked and I was satisfied.
One day soon after, my AC power connector was plugged into the magsafe slot on my computer, I was just working on the computer normally, when smoke began to rise from the magsafe connector. I quickly unplugged it and looked at it closer...The wires had actually gotten hot enough to melt the cable almost half way through! so I have this melted magsafe cord now that cannot be used. Luckily, my girlfriend also has a mac and let me share hers for all this time. So I was planning on getting down to the apple store this week...
Then, last night, I was working on my computer while plugged into AC power again. I moved from where I was sitting and bumped the magsafe connector off of its slot on my computer and once again, I hear that awful sound of your hard drive spinning to a halt when your computer completely dies!
Yeah...three times this has happened. Im concerned now and worried.
So basically, Im worried what can be done about this. I dont understand it, Im pretty sure that ALL 3 batteries were not defected. That would be too crazy considering almost everyone else I know that has one has an ok battery. So Is my Macbook Pro destroying the batteries? Did It destroy the magsafe?
Im not sure what to do...Has anyone ever had a magsafe replaced due to the same situation? and if anyone has a clue, what could be causing my computer to kill batteries completely over the course of 3 months?
Let me just clear a few points up so that you understand some things that I have already ruled out...
1. I understand that a magsafe is not meant to be pulled out by the cord and never once removed it like that. I tried to educate myself in the right way to preserve my computer. I read about them breaking because people pull on them hard, but I can assure you that never happened.
2. My computer only does this on batteries that it has for long periods of time. In other words, at any given moment, I can grab my friend's MBP battery and put it in my computer and it will work just fine. So I ruled out that maybe my computer isnt able to recieve the battery power. If it was a problem like that, then why do other batteries work fine?
therefore, it has to be the batteries, but something that happens over a few months use.
3. I understand that batteries eventually die out. But I also know that it takes a while for that to happen normally. Im not one of those people who leave my computer charging all day, or on all day for that matter. My computer use is what I would call very normal and average. Average enough that a brand new battery loses capacity in two weeks. Not to mention, the batteries are fully charged.
4. last thing.....my "defective" batteries wont power any other MBP's either. So its not just my computer being funny about connecting. But maybe that its ruining the batteries.
I dont know what to think. I cant explain it. I love Macs and understand that there are problems that can happen with any technology, but I just dont want to end up spending a complete fortune fixing this thing and Im worried that is the road im headed down.
I realize this post is extremely long. I thank whoever made it this far. Im just trying to include everything so that you completely understand as best as you can.
anything you can tell me would be so helpful. I have another term of school coming on tuesday and this huge problem on my hands.
Thanks!

Lithium ION and lithium polymer batteries have a built-in microprocessor to control the charge rate of the battery. A lithium battery that is overcharged can overheat and catch fire or explode. If the microprocessor determines that the battery is in danger, it can permanently disconnect the battery cells from the outside world. Coupled with the fact that you have had a magsafe connector fail from overheating, I think the charging circuit in your MBP needs to be replaced.

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Issue Description
On July 26, 2012 I placed an order with Apple store for the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display with the following configuration (Order # W269108641 Serial# C02J52S9DKQ5):
Processor 2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Memory 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM, Flash Storage 512GB Flash Storage
It was delivered August 8, 2012. It cost me $3,265.16
I have since equipped it with accessories like a wireless apple keyboard ($69), wireless mouse ($69), USB super drive ($79), VGA display adapter ($29), Ethernet Adapter ($29) and the excellent sleeve/pouch from Pack & Smooch GmbH (GBP60))
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• A case of battery failure that resulted after a system software update on October 11, 2013
(Case ID 516534003 - I have gone through all recommendations from Apple support as I will detail below)
Symptoms after system software update
• Battery Icon on status bar disabled with a message "No batteries available"
• Battery not charging
• LED on the Magsafe power adapter no longer show
• Keyboard backlights no longer show
• Notebook fan loud/noisy and permanently at high speed
• Date and time reset to a date in the past at each restart
• Notebook starts up the moment the Magsafe adapter is connected without waiting for power button to be pressed
• An update for "MacBook Pro Retina Display SMC Update 1.2" keeps appearing in Software Update
Recommendations from Apple Support
• Perform SMC Reset (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964)
(Done - no change in status)
• Run Disk Utility
(Done - no errors found)
• Run Apple Hardware test (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509)
(Done - no errors found, no change in status)
• Visit Apple Store
(Done - they confirmed no issue with Magsafe adapter. For a fee they are happy to change the battery if confirmed faulty and re-install the OS if the battery is not the issue but am uncertain that the OS re-install will resolve the issue because I have read online about a similar case where a re-install did not resolve the issue)
• Check System Report/Hardware/Power
(Done - Health Information/Cycle count:0, Battery installed: No)
• Perform NVRAM Reset (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US)
(Done - no change in status)
Comments and additional Observations
Please note the following;
• All of the symptoms above appeared after a system software update on October 11, 2013
• This update first appeared on October 10, 2013 but I was too busy to apply it especially because it required a system restart
• The battery was fully charged when I decided to apply the update on October 11 morning after I got to work
• Normally on full charge, the battery will typically deliver 3 - 4 hours depending on usage and up to 6 hours when idle
• The said update was not interrupted or anything of the sort
• On the day the symptoms were first observed when I first logged the case with apple, the system ran on battery while it performed the Apple Hardware Test while I was driving to the Apple support store on my way home even though the status bar was indicating "No battery available"
I make the following deductions solely based on my observations
• An apple authorized system software update broke the system
• The nature of the failure is communication related - the battery charging circuit and related systems are not getting the necessary instructions to function as they should (It's a known fact that rechargeable batteries do NOT die instantaneously, the total hours they run on full charge will gradually reduce over time as they degrade on use)
• It’s possible the update is not being applied correctly because the item “MacBook Pro Retina Display SMC Update 1.2” is still in Software update after subsequent attempts to apply it
• The high fan speed is nothing to do with high temperature or high processor load, according to the Activity Monitor utility the highest CPU utilization 1.9 – 4.7% is by kernel_task (PID 0) followed by activitymonitord at 1.8 – 2.2% (PID 481)
• The symptoms match what an SMC reset should resolve according to Apple documentation
• This is a known problem within Apple based on the documentation provided and the numerous similar cases reported online
Summary;
The system is running OS X 10.8.5
I have provided this detailed documentation in the hope that someone who understands this system can say exactly what is going on. It's meant to be a dream machine but now you can hear the fan from across a large room, the battery doesn't charge and is in fact not recognized so I lose data if the Magsafe adapter gets unplugged, and I have to reset the system date each time I restart the notebook.
I've used this notebook with utmost care for a little more than a year, this investment of over $3,500 could have bought 3 high end notebooks from DELL or HP but I chose Apple.
I have suffered untold loss in productivity in the last 10 days since this issue occurred, I respectfully request Apple to fix my notebook.

Issue Description
On July 26, 2012 I placed an order with Apple store for the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display with the following configuration (Order # W269108641 Serial# C02J52S9DKQ5):
Processor 2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Memory 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM, Flash Storage 512GB Flash Storage
It was delivered August 8, 2012. It cost me $3,265.16
I have since equipped it with accessories like a wireless apple keyboard ($69), wireless mouse ($69), USB super drive ($79), VGA display adapter ($29), Ethernet Adapter ($29) and the excellent sleeve/pouch from Pack & Smooch GmbH (GBP60))
It's so heavily configured because it’s my main workstation. I additionally bought and installed Parallels 8 so I can run Windows 8 in a Virtual Machine because I have a few things on Windows that I need to be productive. This setup has been a dream machine until a little over a week ago.
In the one year since I bought it, I have had only 2 issues;
• A case of display flickering that resulted after a system software update on August 28, 2013
(Case ID 498560320 - not much help came from Apple Support but fortunately the problem went away a week later after another system software update)
• A case of battery failure that resulted after a system software update on October 11, 2013
(Case ID 516534003 - I have gone through all recommendations from Apple support as I will detail below)
Symptoms after system software update
• Battery Icon on status bar disabled with a message "No batteries available"
• Battery not charging
• LED on the Magsafe power adapter no longer show
• Keyboard backlights no longer show
• Notebook fan loud/noisy and permanently at high speed
• Date and time reset to a date in the past at each restart
• Notebook starts up the moment the Magsafe adapter is connected without waiting for power button to be pressed
• An update for "MacBook Pro Retina Display SMC Update 1.2" keeps appearing in Software Update
Recommendations from Apple Support
• Perform SMC Reset (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964)
(Done - no change in status)
• Run Disk Utility
(Done - no errors found)
• Run Apple Hardware test (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509)
(Done - no errors found, no change in status)
• Visit Apple Store
(Done - they confirmed no issue with Magsafe adapter. For a fee they are happy to change the battery if confirmed faulty and re-install the OS if the battery is not the issue but am uncertain that the OS re-install will resolve the issue because I have read online about a similar case where a re-install did not resolve the issue)
• Check System Report/Hardware/Power
(Done - Health Information/Cycle count:0, Battery installed: No)
• Perform NVRAM Reset (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US)
(Done - no change in status)
Comments and additional Observations
Please note the following;
• All of the symptoms above appeared after a system software update on October 11, 2013
• This update first appeared on October 10, 2013 but I was too busy to apply it especially because it required a system restart
• The battery was fully charged when I decided to apply the update on October 11 morning after I got to work
• Normally on full charge, the battery will typically deliver 3 - 4 hours depending on usage and up to 6 hours when idle
• The said update was not interrupted or anything of the sort
• On the day the symptoms were first observed when I first logged the case with apple, the system ran on battery while it performed the Apple Hardware Test while I was driving to the Apple support store on my way home even though the status bar was indicating "No battery available"
I make the following deductions solely based on my observations
• An apple authorized system software update broke the system
• The nature of the failure is communication related - the battery charging circuit and related systems are not getting the necessary instructions to function as they should (It's a known fact that rechargeable batteries do NOT die instantaneously, the total hours they run on full charge will gradually reduce over time as they degrade on use)
• It’s possible the update is not being applied correctly because the item “MacBook Pro Retina Display SMC Update 1.2” is still in Software update after subsequent attempts to apply it
• The high fan speed is nothing to do with high temperature or high processor load, according to the Activity Monitor utility the highest CPU utilization 1.9 – 4.7% is by kernel_task (PID 0) followed by activitymonitord at 1.8 – 2.2% (PID 481)
• The symptoms match what an SMC reset should resolve according to Apple documentation
• This is a known problem within Apple based on the documentation provided and the numerous similar cases reported online
Summary;
The system is running OS X 10.8.5
I have provided this detailed documentation in the hope that someone who understands this system can say exactly what is going on. It's meant to be a dream machine but now you can hear the fan from across a large room, the battery doesn't charge and is in fact not recognized so I lose data if the Magsafe adapter gets unplugged, and I have to reset the system date each time I restart the notebook.
I've used this notebook with utmost care for a little more than a year, this investment of over $3,500 could have bought 3 high end notebooks from DELL or HP but I chose Apple.
I have suffered untold loss in productivity in the last 10 days since this issue occurred, I respectfully request Apple to fix my notebook.

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as others reported my Macbook Pro 17" also died yesterday !
I just worked like I normally do and had about 80 % batterie life and then suddenly the Macbook Pro was off. No shutdown, no warning just stopped working ! I pressed the power button, the start sound came I saw the Apple and again it turned itself of, just like if you run on power cord only and suddenly remove the power cord. I tried again and it also turned itself of even before the grey apple appears. So I removed the batterie for about 10 sec. put it back in and ... now it is working for the moment. But what the **** was that ? Any explanation ? It happened between 92 % and 83 %.
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I did the power management reset and now the numbers changed:
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It's good to see Apple replacing parts that fail. I believe this battery is a new design so it's not unlikely to see some with problems.
I have a week 10 machine and even though my battery has not failed, it does have a random behavior. It might go as low as 2400mAh max charge... and when I'm about to call Apple I check again and it's up to 5600... I don't really like this and will eventually ask for a replacement.
I was waiting for a firmware update that will fix this like it happened with the 1.67 hi-res PB's but nothing came up yet.
We'll see.
Best Regards

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