ok thanks all for your support. SO... turns out it IS insured through home insurance.
However, i'm not sure whether to go ahead and get it repaired/replaced and do the insurance retroactively (as i need it ASAP for traveling), or wait till the paperwork gets sorted then do it. Also, the insurance company mentioned something bout sending the machine to them first, then presumably they send it to whoever. Do you think i can get it repaired and send them an invoice?
I'll try and post some pics later on. It's really not as bad as it sounds, but more that it's a completely new machine that is now flawed. What do you think the chances of apple swapping it out, with a restocking fee or something? It seems a very simple job to fix. just the screen casing on the bottom corner is bent so no damage to the screen itself.
ALso, do you think the store has spare parts yet? they said they could fix it there and then if they had a spare casing.
really you dropped it use it and move on, you said it was not that bad soon another rev will be out and you will sell it and get a new one....dont see the problem