I have about had it with AppleCare and my PB....

After an unfortunate dropping incident this past July my computer appeared to be "dead" the following month in August. (My warranty expired the previous April). I took it into my Apple store in Orlando and they told me it was either my logic board or my hard drive. I sent it into Apple and they sent it back 2 days later... the only thing wrong with it was my airport card was knocked out of place. Cost for repair was $331 since it was out of warranty.
3 weeks ago I started noticing strange symptoms. My fan was constantly running even when I had no apps running. Programs would take a while to respond, I would delete songs and pictures from iTunes or iPhoto and the next time I opened the program they would be back as if I never touched them.... just some strange occurences. Finally 3 weeks ago I plugged my iPod in and when I returned to my computer I had a gray boot screen. Tried restarting and my hd and it started making a loud buzzing noise and it couldn't find the OS. Took it into my new apple store in Jacksonville and after the "Genius" played with it for 2 hours she decided to keep it over night. She said it was possible my hd was failing. I didn't get a call back for a week and they said my hd was definitely dead and it would be sent to the repair center and I would have it back in a few days. A week later I get the call that it's been repaired and I can pick it up. I go in expecting a new hard drive and everything to be working amazing. I look on the repair sheet the only things listed were "tighted screws around hd and reseat cable."
So after going through all that mess and paying yet another $331 the only thing that needed to be done was something they could have done in the store IF they would have taken the time to look closely at it. I told myself atleast all my data is still there and I have my computer back.
NOW only a little over a week later my computer is becoming unresponsive, I started hearing the buzzing noise, and now I cannot boot into OS X. I can't do first aid on the drive or erase and reinstall. Even though my computer is out of warranty Apple better be willing to fix this for no charge this time because it's only been a week since they "fixed" it the last time.
AppleCare will be getting a phone call from a not-so-happy customer tomorrow morning.
I'm loosing my faith in Apple

Wouldn't the previous repairs by Apple be covered by warranty?

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