So what has already been mentioned by the other namely the loss of capacity is true because a lithium-ion battery if only because it is stored becomes worse. After about 2-3 years what you could not ask for more money for it.
I have made the company aware of the problem and asked for rectification and in about 2 weeks a second battery had been sent. This then the Year Sep2006 thus had 2,5 years. The first time I did not look because I did not know.