- Feb 18, 2001
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The battery in my truck went bad, so I decided to look around for a replacement optima battery. Unfortunately, everywhere I looked had the wrong group size for my need, but I found that Amazon had it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00075OSC4
So on Dec 11th I ordered one. I got it on the 16th in a box that was 4 times bigger than it should have been. The box was probably 20x24 and it should have been about 14x16. The top of the battery was cracked and a big piece of the protective cover was broken off. The box looked like it had been though hell.
I emailed amazon, and within 20 minutes Amazon was shipping me a new one, and they asked me to dispose of my old one. That was slightly annoying since you can't just toss a battery, you need to bring it to a recycling center. But no big whoop, sometimes things just happen.
I got the replacement on the 22nd. Well, that's not true, I got a box on the 22nd. It was exactly the same size box (huge) but it weighed only a lb or 2. There was obviously nothing in it. One whole side of the box was torn off then put back together with what looked like a full roll of tape. My guess is that someone dropped the box and broke the battery into little pieces, then reassembled the box and put it back in the shipping stream. Probably because it doesn't count as broken if they still ship it or something.
So I email amazon again, and they state 'we usually don't ship empty boxes, sorry about that' and shipped out another. I'm really glad that my current battery is not toally dead or I would be pissed off by now.
So a few minutes ago I got the 3rd battery. the damn thing was STILL in a huge box that would fit 4 batteries, but it wasn't an amazon box. The UPS label was cut off another box (like cut around the label though the cardboard) then tapped onto this box. So it was obvious that whatever box it was originally shipped in was destroyed and this was the replacement. That wouldn't bother me if the battery wasn't broken in the same damn place as the first one I got. I just finished emailing amazon to stop shipping me the stupid battery and just cancel my order.
Cliffs: Don't order $150 batteries from Amazon. They can't package them correctly.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00075OSC4
So on Dec 11th I ordered one. I got it on the 16th in a box that was 4 times bigger than it should have been. The box was probably 20x24 and it should have been about 14x16. The top of the battery was cracked and a big piece of the protective cover was broken off. The box looked like it had been though hell.
I emailed amazon, and within 20 minutes Amazon was shipping me a new one, and they asked me to dispose of my old one. That was slightly annoying since you can't just toss a battery, you need to bring it to a recycling center. But no big whoop, sometimes things just happen.
I got the replacement on the 22nd. Well, that's not true, I got a box on the 22nd. It was exactly the same size box (huge) but it weighed only a lb or 2. There was obviously nothing in it. One whole side of the box was torn off then put back together with what looked like a full roll of tape. My guess is that someone dropped the box and broke the battery into little pieces, then reassembled the box and put it back in the shipping stream. Probably because it doesn't count as broken if they still ship it or something.
So I email amazon again, and they state 'we usually don't ship empty boxes, sorry about that' and shipped out another. I'm really glad that my current battery is not toally dead or I would be pissed off by now.
So a few minutes ago I got the 3rd battery. the damn thing was STILL in a huge box that would fit 4 batteries, but it wasn't an amazon box. The UPS label was cut off another box (like cut around the label though the cardboard) then tapped onto this box. So it was obvious that whatever box it was originally shipped in was destroyed and this was the replacement. That wouldn't bother me if the battery wasn't broken in the same damn place as the first one I got. I just finished emailing amazon to stop shipping me the stupid battery and just cancel my order.
Cliffs: Don't order $150 batteries from Amazon. They can't package them correctly.