Update:

Sony shipped off my ps3 today via UPS. It's standard 3-day shipping so I should get it Wednesday or Thursday.

Are they giving you a new ps3 or just fixing it?

Either way it is nice of them to extend the guarantee

That sucks you have to go so long without your gaming unit. My Wii failed a while back and they sent me a new one. I got it in 2 days with a box to return my broken unit. That's not a very long time, but I had a game I really wanted to play and it was my weekend.  That made it feel like forever.  That and I didn't get to really play until the next weekend (since it broke on my weekend).  The entire week that I was at work all I could think about was the next Fire Emblem battle .  I sympathize with anyone who has to wait for something like this:(