Few battery cycles, but the battery breaks? surely a manufacturing fault

I experienced a situation where my battery needed replacing at only 131 cycles of usage, no where near the common level of 300 cycles, and I was covered with warranty, yet they insisted on me paying a fair bit for a new battery.
It's ridiculous, I haven't over used my battery, or mistreated it, yet im expected to front the bill, surely its a manufacturing fault for a battery to fail after such a small amount of usage?!
I understand that not all batteries act the same and they dont all last exactly the same amount of time, but running out this quickly, with so few cycles seems a joke.

6ITManagement,
The warranty, states that "Your one-year warranty includes replacement coverage for a defective battery. You can extend your replacement coverage for a defective battery to three years from the date of your notebook purchase with the AppleCare Protection Plan. However, the AppleCare Protection Plan for notebook computers does not cover batteries that have failed or are exhibiting diminished capacity except when the failure or diminished capacity is the result of a manufacturing defect." (According to the Apple website).
So through that, I understand I am not covered for the battery unless its a manufacturing defect. But I don't understand why my issue is not a defect. 133 cycles, is not even half the 300 cycle amount that ppl are always talking about, surely a reliable battery that has been correctly manufactured wouldnt have issues like this?

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