Am I still elligable to the logic board progam?

Bought an iBook G3 in 2002... But it seems to have decided to wait until now to show Logic Board problems... The serial number in right in the middle of the elligible ones... But it is more than 3 years old obviously... Does anybody knows if I will have to pay for the repair, and if yes how much??
iBook G3 14''   Mac OS X (10.4.2)  

My screen started having problems - opening up to a sky blue screen with no ability to work with it. A few days later it just stopped lighting up at all. It turns on and off. After reading the discussions here, I did check to see if my serial number fell within the range of serial numbers with the problem - and it did. (Read about that in another email.) I looked up the logic board replacement FAQs.
The first time I called Apple about the problem, the guy said that it would cost $745 at a minimum to get it fixed.
That answer didn't sound good, so I looked up these discussions and learned that people are still getting their ibooks repaired for free.
I called again and got a different person. I explained that my ibook fell in the right serial number range for the logic board replacement even though the deadline on the offer is supposedly over. I also told them that I'd just invested four hundred dollars in my iBook.
They asked me to wait, and five minutes later I was told a box would come for me to send my laptop back. I'm greatly relieved, but that was Sunday, and I still haven't gotten the box, so I hope it's not slipped through the cracks.
Another user's experience.
Anora

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