2011 Macbook Pro Logic Board Failure

I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro running 10.10.2. I have not had many issues with the computer since I have purchased it except the occasional blue/gray screen issue. While I would be using the computer as normal, the screen would randomly go blue or gray and I would have to force shut down the computer. However, after a force shut down and a reboot, this would usually solve the problem.

A few months back, this issue occurred again and the usual force shut down and reboot did not work this time. I ended up looking up some troubling shooting techniques online and ended up resetting the SMC and it seemed to do the trick. Now this is where my problem occurs. About a week ago, I was using the computer as normal, and the same issue happened. Again, this time the force shut down and reboot did not work. So I tried the SMC reset again but this time it did not solve the problem. So again, I went online for some trouble shooting techniques to see if I could solve this issue on my own. I had no luck this time around. I decided it was best to contact apple to see if this issue could be better assisted by them. I ended up spending multiple hours online with phone representatives working through various troubleshooting techniques (most of which I had already tried on my own) and could not get the computer to boot normally. It would simply boot into a gray screen with a apple logo with a loading bar beneath it, and then would slowly load until about half way, and then the screen would just go to the gray screen of death.

After many hours, they decided it was best to take it into an apple store to have them diagnose the problem. I scheduled an appointment at my near by apple store the following day and had them review my Macbook. After a few hardware tests, they determined that the problem was a logic board failure. They then proceeded to tell me that because my Macbook is early 2011, it is now considered 'vintage' and they are not able to work on such a computer. They then gave me Apple certified repair centers that were in my area to contact to repair this issue.

I ended up calling the repair centers that night to see how much this repair was going to cost and how long the process would take. After speaking with the repair centers, and explaining my issue, all of the conversations ended at the same point. I stated that I had a early 2011 Macbook Pro logic board failure and I would need to get it replaced and installed. Each and every single repair center stated that they are unable to perform this for two reasons. 1) It was a known issue that early 2011 Macbook Pro logic boards were faulty and 2) They do not make a practice of carrying or installing faulty parts.

Now this is where I began to get confused so I did some research online and came across this

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?start=13395&tstart=0

and this

https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/

I began to release that this problem occurred because Apple manufactured faulty logic boards, knew about it, and created an extended repair programme for this specific issue. Now you would think that this works out well, a repair programme extended for this specific issue, so whats the problem? This programme expired 12/31/2016. That's right, just a month after my laptop decided to break down.

I am writing this post because I have read through the other post and noticed that there are many others just like me that are experiencing the same issue just a month after the programme has ended. We should not be out of a laptop that we spent good money for expecting a premium product, just because our laptops decided to last just a bit longer than what Apple deemed was necessary for this problem. I made sure to keep this product in pristine condition throughout its life to make sure that I would get the most out of this product and it has, except for the one piece of hardware that Apple created faulty. Apple, you need to fix this issue, as myself and many others included are having this problem, and its not going away. Anyone else that is having this problem, please post and let me know if you were able to get this problem solved. In this day in age, it is very hard to be without a computer and this is a very long and frustrating process to go through in order to get my working computer back.