Well Kevin, here is a thought for you- you should report them to Honda. If they are selling the battery using the Honda part number and charging the Honda price, which is what it sounds like from your post, they have admitted fraud to you in the least. Any Honda part that they sell using the Honda P/N is supposed to be procured through the Honda parts network. There is nothing wrong with them offering their customer's a jobber version of something, though I doubt that Honda would be happy about it. They should be honest about it however.
So many on this site claim that the replacement Yuasa batteries do not last as well as the battery originally delivered from Honda. If this is common practice with batteries, maybe that would explain why. Maybe they aren't the same. Maybe batteries made by Yuasa for Honda, and delivered to Honda, are different. Who knows.
Yeah, I'm not that pissed that I would be reporting anyone for fraud, unless I deemed it a severe breach of the law. Who knows what goes on with business's trying to make high profits by ripping off the customer? There is a lot we don't know about.
In my other thread I gave the price quotes of the different OEM battery types that I asked for and saw quite a difference in prices. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that something bought at a dealership will be more expensive than buying the same thing elsewhere. (if in fact its the same) When I went to buy some stock rims for my Chevy half ton many years ago, the store I went to told me that they sell the same rim to the dealership also. He said If I bought from them, the price would double! They were able to charge more, just because it was from a "dealership?"
The Honda parts guy confided in me and I'm not about to get him in hot water for being honest. They did offer another battery option which was a generic battery but he didn't recommend it. He just told me where they get them and said I could go there also.
I didn't mean that they were crooked crooks, they just charge outrageous prices.
Batteries like everything else these days aren't made to last. It seems to be the norm if they fail within 3-4 yrs vs 7-8 yrs like before.