Hy guys, back when I worked in the automotive department of a department store, our batteries were shipped to us dry, when a customer wanted a battery we had to fill it with electrolyte, that began its life, it didn't sit on the shelf sulphating for who knows how long. While doing my apprenticeship I learned about Delco's superior plate material, so I always purchased Delco batteries, many years later I purchased a Delco battery to replace an old battery in a daily driver, when I got it installed, it was dead. I called the store and they told me I had to charge it before it would be ready to use, I said "you don't know what you're talking about", I'll be bringing this one back to exchange it. I went to the store with my battery load tester, I have had an account there for twenty five years, so they let me go to the battery storage area, I tested all the Delco batteries they had, none of them were ready to use. I asked the manager why that was and he said there was only one battery company rep that rotated his stock and it wasn't the Delco rep. The moral of the story is, without some kind of sticker or something to let you know when the battery went on the shelf you don't know what you are getting.
