Very short life span

<p>I purchased a Willard Maintainance free battery from Supa Quik Strydom Park in October 2014 and the yesterday the battery is now dead. The car is being used daily and is parked inside a garage so it doesnt stand for a long period of time nor is it outside in the cold Johannesburg weather. There are plenty of cheaper batteries in the country that i could of bought but i chose to pay extra for willard because to my understanding they were the best, hence i use them in all 4 cars of mine but if this is the type of quality has gone to i might as well change brands. Im used to changing batteries every 3-4 years so this 22 months is abit of a shocker. I called the call centre and all they can tell me is "the 12month warranty is over....Sorry".</p>