Originally Posted by Kontact

When you get the defective helmet back, buy an identical one at the store. Put the defective one in the new helmet box, take it back to the store immediately and tell them you're returning it because of this crack, and you don't want a Bell product if this is the kind of quality they produce.

The store will return your money and they will return the defective helmet to Bell. You have a new uncracked Bell helmet. Problem solved.