My Magic Trackpad behaves as if the left 'button' is being randomly pressed. What gives?

I've got a Macbook Pro running OS X Lion. I use a Magic Trackpad for my daily work and have found that it has performed wonderfully...until today. About an hour into my morning work, my Magic Trackpad behaves as if I'm randomly pressing the lower left corner to click. I've cleaned it with a microfiber cloth and tried disconnecting and reconnecting the unit. No joy. I tried turning to the 'Tap to Click' functionality from System Preferences > Trackpad. Once I do this, I cannot click anywhere. Even using the trackpad built into the laptop.
Since I normally physically click on the lower left corner every day, I'm wondering if I've somehow worn out the device already? As best as I can tell, however, there is nothing wrong physically with the device.
Any suggestions before I take this thing to the Apple Geniuses?

The local Mac Genius confirmed my suspicions that it's wear and tear on the device. Simply put, the Magic Trackpad isn't designed to take a lot of physical 'abuse' via physical left clicks. Suggested fix was purchasing a new unit and using the 'Tap to Click' functionality located in the Trackpad Point & Click settings under System Preferences.

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