Second MacBook Pro, Nice, However, Delete Key Broken

Alright, I guess my Subject says it all.
This one came without any whine or anything. It's perfect... Until I started doing my normal IM conversations and needed to backspace and realized that it only works about 10% of the time.
Suggestions? I'd hate to have to send a second computer back.

You might consider taking it to an Apple Store and see if it's something that can be replaced at the store, as opposed to sending it out to a service center. I think a keyboard replacement would be a relatively easy procedure (though I'm not positive).

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