So I bought one of these - in March! Had it still in the shipping box in my basement since then and have been adding some new parts to the engine these past few weeks and finally got around to swapping the battery.

And it's dead - totally dead. Put it on a trickle charger and the best I could get was about 6 volts out of it. So I took it to the local auto store today. Same thing - they said it's a bad.

I'm calling Battery Central on Monday to see if they will exchange it for me. I stil have the original packaging so I'm hoping. Otherwise, it'll be a REALLY expensive doorstop.