50 days and counting without my MacBook

Today, i am celebrating my dissapointment on my RSD macbook white... it been away now for 50 days and counting, with my dissappointment yesterday, i called long distance to apple center in manila, philippines about the status of my repair and one genius guy say, he replaced already the logic board with the new redesigned heatsink.... but he said, after 24 hour of test run, it experienced the rainbow bootup screen and recommended/had diagnosed that the new LB and heatsink is defective and asked again another one in US Apple.... THIS IS TOO MUCH!!!!....Ive asked a service unit, the genius guy said he will call me bank on the same day.... BUT NO CALL CAME... i will be calling them again this day....I think i already eligible for a refund on this situation... Can someone give some encouragement not to HATE this situation???

redesigned heatsink.... but he said, after 24 hour of
test run, it experienced the rainbow bootup screen
and recommended/had diagnosed that the new LB and
heatsink is defective and asked again another one in
US Apple.... THIS IS TOO MUCH!!!!....Ive asked a
service unit, the genius guy said he will call me
bank on the same day.... BUT NO CALL CAME... i will
be calling them again this day....I think i already
eligible for a refund on this situation... Can
someone give some encouragement not to HATE this
situation???
The ironic part of you situation is that they probably have the unit fixed. The "rainbow bootup screen" is software related and has nothing to do with the hardware.
Call AppleCare first and try an get a replacement. If that doesn't work, tell the "genius" to send your unit back. You'll probably be fine.
-Bmer
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