(not charging) - Apple support let down. Help?

I have a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo running 10.5.7
Recently the macbook stopped charging the battery. I have multiple adapters, none of which charge the battery.
The macbook is just out of warranty when this happened. I called apple regarding it, was told this was one time call they'd allow without charging and was told to reset the pram/smc. Neither did anything. Battery would still not charge and when the adapter is plugged in it said (not charging). Apple rep said to purchase new battery over the phone and all would be be good. I ask specifically if there could be other damage internally - they denied that as a possibility.
Fastforward to purchasing new battery for macbook. Return home and battery has 30% charge out of the box. Plug in adapter = (not charging)
Can anybody offer any solution that may help my problem. I am really frustrated I have to go return a new battery and prbably pay the restocking fee for opening it because of the misdirection from apple support.

You know, I would like to think that they would have been that helpful but actually i found resolution in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2115121&tstart=0
I followed iyacyas notion that maybe the dc connector was damaged, but rather than purchase a new one, i disassembled my macbook down to the dc connector and completely removed it. I did a quick air blow on all the parts and then reassembled... Now i got an orange/green light and charging battery!
Too bad about the restocking fee though but atleast there is some relief!

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