I'm just bitching about my situation. I guess the point is that I think Giro makes a quality product, and this is one of their higher end helmets. If I had bought 4 of them when I bought this one, I'd have 3 additional helmets that are now out of warranty, and I'd be worried that they all might have this same issue.
Oh, and there may have been some confusion with POC vs. POS. I was referring to a piece of shit, not even thinking about how close to POC it looks.