Well hopefully Easton will consider it a defect and take care of it the right way. Sorry to say it but if that was a Worth u would b getting ur replacement bat
luckily... even if they count it as the return, you have until the 1 year, to return the replacement bat a second time. just hold onto your RA number and a copy of your receipt... Easton is pretty good to go with CS, I used to deal with them a lot in hockey, and 2 days after i bought a new stick, it broke, and they didn't count it as my return.