Yeah that sounds disappointing. You didn't get a bad deal on it to begin with, though. I checked for leaks under my car before buying, as well as test drove it. It made no noises on the test drive, but once I started to drive it, the sway bar links were making all kinds of noise before I replaced them. And to the posts above, when buying my battery I used a $10 off coupon. I get them every month, it helps.