Logic boards for sale on ebay, anybody tried them?

So Apple does not want to fix our faulty macbook pros (which don't qualify for the nvidia timed bomb), and I'm not going to pay thousands just to get that peace of junk work again and sell it for half that price!
I, however, did some search on ebay and found so many logic boards that could replace my faulty one, the sellers claim it's all new and are authentic, but how come they got it in the first place!?! anyone had a successful experience with one of those sellers?
Otherwise should I send my Pro to the states to get the logic board replaced for free since the local apple retailer says it's not included... bla bla... so does it work that way? please help

Boomer, thanks for your reply. The reason why I am asking is that I read somebody's story on this forum that lives in chile or colombia or something, and his local apple retailer told him they can't replace the board in which nvidia's issue is not involved... then he called apple of the US and complained, then they told him they'd fix it for free if he lived in the states or at least send them the laptop... which he couldn't do. So I thought that would work for me, hopefully?
About ebay's sellers, here are some of my findings:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Macbook-PRO-A1229-17-2-4GHz-T7700-Logic-Board-661-4364-/3004 96904049?pt=LHDefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f702df71#ht_500wt922
http://cgi.ebay.com/661-4959-Apple-Macbook-Pro-17-A1229-2-6Ghz-Logic-Board-/1404 75035384?pt=AppleLaptops&hash=item20b4f6eef8#ht_669wt1139
http://cgi.ebay.com/Macbook-Pro-17-2-4GHz-Logic-Board-Santa-Rosa-A1229-/25071814 6653?pt=UKComputing_Apple_MacAccessories&hash=item3a5ff7505d
there are many others... what do you think?

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