Macbook worries

Okay.... Here's my story.
Bought my 13 inch Macbook Pro in November 2012- love the computer, everything is great. Fast forward to late July. I wake up one morning, open up the computer, everything seems fine but the charging doesn't work? So obviously I assumed it was the charger. I try out several chargers, none of them work- uh oh. So I take the computer to the apple store in Vancouver (2 hours away). They tell me there's oxidation on the logic board?! And the funny thing - they say it's from a liquid spill from months prior?! I'm always super careful with liquids around any electrics, I KNOW I didn't spill anything on there. And for this 'liquid damage' to kick is months later seems pretty strange as well.
So at the Vancouver Apple store they tell me I need a new logic board, $400Something dollars. So I say okay but I can't leave it in Vancouver as I'm leaving for Ontario for all of August. They update their system and tell me everything should be in the system in Ontario as well. I get to Ontario and find the first Certified Apple technician, he looks at it (this takes him a week) and calls me back saying the same thing- logic board. He quotes me $600! So I say this can't be right, 200 dollars more than the Vancouver Apple store.
On to the next apple store, I make an appointment (next available is 4 days later). Drive the 3 hours to the nearest actual Apple Store and they also tell me $600ish. When I tell them they quoted me different in Vancouver they say it must've been a mistake. So I agree to the repair, they quote me a repair time of 3-5 days. 7 Days later I get a call saying it's finally fixed. Sweet. Drive another 3 hours ( ONE WAY) to pick it up. I checked it right there in the mall outside of the store to make sure it's all good. Everything seems fine so I take it home. I get home, turn it on again - everything still fine - but then I pick it up to move it and it seems that whenever I pick it up the screen gets a bunch of artifacts and freezes. A restart is the only way to get it back to normal. It seems the problem is located in the left side/ by the USBs. Nothing happens when I pick it up just holding the right side.
Now I have made yet another appointment for Tuesday, where they'll probably have to take it in again.
This is getting pretty rediculous. I need this computer for work.
I don't usually rant on online forums like this- but I felt like this was just too much.
-Ralph

I'm sorry for the unfortunate events you've been through.
Is there anything in particular you need to ask, as I couldn't find a specific question?
Best of luck

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    Cheers,
    Daniel Feldman
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