MacBook Pro Battery/Charging Issues

I have an early 2008 15'' MBP with 2.4 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2gb of RAM that I bought in August of 2008.
In late 2011, I bought a brand new battery for it because the battery would only last for around an hour.  For a month or so, the new battery worked fine, but then I started to see that it said "not charging".  I took it to the store and they replaced the battery because it was still within warranty.  Again, the computer worked for a month or so, but again has started saying "not charging" again.  At this point, I'm not sure what to do.  Unless by a fluke I have two bad batteries in a row, it seems as though the computer might be the problem.  Thoughts? 
Also, FYI:
-I've reset the SMC and that did nothing
-I cleaned out both the mag safe area and the connector area on the battery
-I've tried shoving the battery in harder
-I'm not sure if this is relevant, but in 2010, Apple took it and repaired something on the logic board (i think).  I can't remember what exacly they did, but they did tell me that whatever they fixed was a known problem with my model.
-The charger is brand new
Thanks in advance for the help!!

Don't be bashful, go to the Apple store with your receipt and have the battery checked out.  You may very well have won/lost the bad battery lottery.
Ciao.

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