New MBP a lemon laptop won't charge the battery

I received my new Macbook Pro 15.4 2.4 ghz this Monday, I was very excited except for when I notice that the laptop was not charging the battery when I had it plugged in. I took out the battery to see if it would stay on and if it had anything to do with the charger but it didn't the laptop stayed on. Under the Profile it even said it wasn't charging and it has never been charge. I knew something was wrong. So I made an appointment for the next day to go the Genius Bar since it's close to where I work. They took a look at it and recommended I exchange it for a new Machine since it's still under the 14 day policy and not to mention I've only had it for a day. So I called 1 800 my apple and setup for an exchange. I'm waiting from apple an email for a shipping label, once they have my tracking I will receive my new unit again. Though I'm upset about my laptop not being able to charge I hate to have to wait again for another laptop. I'll keep you all posted if anyone is interested. I hope the next one works without any problems.

That ***** - I am waiting for mine to come. I hope mine doesn't have that problem.

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AHT http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
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check warranty https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

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