Macbook spitting out discs

Whenever I insert a disc into the macbook's drive, it will accept it for a little, then proceed to spit it back out. I tried blank discs, dvds, even the installation disc that came with the macbook and it spit all of them out. I took my macbook into apple and they said nothing was wrong. They proved it by putting discs in, which the macbook accepted and did not spit out. I took the macbook back to my dorm room and have the same problem. I even tried different discs this time, but they just get spit back out.
Any help would be wonderful.

Well I'm sorry that I can't answer your question, but I have a feeling that this is a NICE prelude to what I have to look forward to.
Great.
I'm having this EXACT same issue (see here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1771501&tstart=0
Somehow, I know it's going to turn into a fight to get my machine fixed. I just know it >:(
But as the other poster said, take it back!!!!!!!!!

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