False water damage!?? WHAT DO I DO???

[banjoeball]

I am soooo screwed, guys.

You won't believe this story (and neither does Telus, which is the problem...)

My phone got stuck in a constant reset cycle. Doesn't turn on without a wall power supply, can't get into bootloader either. I just got the thing a month and a bit ago so I figured I'd take it back to Telus, get it replaced. However, before I did that I tried a hard-reset. (the finger olympics) didn't work, but after i tried, i noticed a terrible thing.....

I TRIGGERED THE WATER DAMAGE INDICATOR WITH MY SWEATY FINGER!!!

The indicator's right on the side of the device, RIIIGHHHT where my (sweaty) ring finger rested in the Hard-Reset position. I am soo angry.

SO, brought it to Telus, they say it's water-damaged, and my warranty's now void. i tell them my stupid story, and they don't give a flying poop. Call customer care, they say the same thing. It's a $700 brick and I'm furious.

I'll be calling HTC and complaining about the stupid design (and try to get them to believe me) and I'm setting up a meeting with the manager of the Telus store.

Help?

I really don't want to have a $700 paperweight. Could've bought a new banjo for that much.....