Liquid Damaged Macbook Pro Retina 15"

Apple does flat-fee repair in two tiers: oops ($350ish, what spacewrench did) and OUCH ($700). I doused my whole MacBook Air in coffee a few weeks ago, and the only things they didn't replace were the lower aluminum lid and the hard drive. Truly, the invoice is about a foot long. Cost me $700, vs. $969 a best case scenario refurb replacement. Go to the store and ask.

It's dishonest, but i'd honestly take it in and say it "just stopped working and you don't know why". If the liquid damage indicator isn't tripped, you might get the $350 depot repair. They have to mail it out though, and it'll take a few days or a week.

The $350 vs. $700 is based on the extent of the damage, not what caused it or whether you know what caused it. You can certainly take it in and shrug and say you don't know, but you'll still have to pay for the extent to which it's broken. They told me that the screen is by far the most expensive component, fwiw, and I don't have a retina display. Take a look at the price of used and refurbs before you go in, get a quote, ask them what they would do, take the info and make a decision. None of us can really make a cost-benefit analysis for you without knowing the cost.

Thanks all. I'll ship it to a friend to visit the apple store.

There are sensors on the inside of every Apple product they turn red if they have been exposed to liquid. Plus the corrosion is easy to see.... Sometimes these things are covered by your credit card company or home insurance...