I noticed at lunch that my car was slow to start. Since this location came up as closest to my office, I went to have my battery looked at. Sure enough they said it needed to be replaced. They were really good about replacing the battery in under an hour so I could get back to work timely. However ...
I didn't use my car for a week around Christmas and went back to pick it up on New Years. Dead. Deader than dead. Ridiculously dead. This $%^& battery was LESS THAN 6 WEEKS OLD. It was manufactured in Aug '11, installed in Nov '11, and DEAD by New Years '11. I was so busy working things related to CES that I'm just now able to get it taken care of - 30 days later.
All my "car guy" friends said "Well if the battery is brand new, its probably your starter." and I accepted that as the car is now 5 years old so it didn't seem unreasonable. I got it towed to T&M on Silverado Ranch expecting to walk out with a minimum $500 bill and got a call that everything would total $47. I probably shouldn't have to pay the $47 either since the battery WAS 6 WEEKS OLD when it died, but T&M was helpful with the tow and everything else and I think its a fair price for their time.
T&M said the battery wasn't salvagable and he couldn't believe the thing had only been manufactured a few months back. Luckily I have towing through my insurance or this would have cost another $100 and I would have been $100 more pissed.
In short, I'm not happy I paid $116 for a battery that LASTED 6 WEEKS, but I'm glad I found a better repair place as a result.