[Jerban]

The laptop is still, thankfully, still under warranty, I just checked. And what if I claim there was some hazardous condition that I had to dispose of the laptop, would they just send a replacement?

And what if I claim there was some hazardous condition that I had to dispose of the laptop, would they just send a replacement?

I tend to opt for this method, but the SE must be very well formulated and executed to have any chance of succeeding.

Yeah, this might be the hardest one I've done so far. What do you think about the story being about an inflated battery/smoking battery, causing me to throw away the laptop?

I tried this and they asked for me to try reclaim it afterwards.

Comes down to the rep you get. Might take several tries.