Replacing a key, or a keyboard

About a month ago, I purchased a macbook pro 15" and one of the keys seem to not work properly, time to time, or one of the key easily comes off by just pushing it up when none of the others do. So if something hit the keyboard a bit hard, it comes off..
I have googled about this matter, and there was a few video about replacing a key on a macbook (not pro) and they seemed a bit older as well. And I was wondering would it be possible to just replace a key? Or will you have to replace the whole keyboard.
Lastly, do you have to, or can you do the fixing on your own by purchasing the keys on the net or from the apple shop? Or do you have to take it to the shop; if so, can they do it straight away? Or have to send your laptop away for a bit..
Thanks,
S.

I would suspect that Apple would replace the key as a courtesy even if the warranty has expired.
As per my post in the thread that I had noted above, it is very expensive to have the entire keyboard replaced.
"Apple considers the keyboard and the unibody as a single part. Therefore, it would be very expensive to replace a key. I do not think that your warranty would cover such a request.
For more information on the process involved, read the following link.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Pro-Unibody/Page-10#top "
Thanks for the star!
Good luck!

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