^^ I had the same experience and stopped buying Optimas 10 years ago.
Batteries seem to have it in for me this year. I went to call NAPA this morning to see if they had a 7527F battery in stock and the battery on my effing
phone was dead.
Being a regular NAPA customer has it's advantages. Robert the manager gives me the net price on everything I buy there. This morning I got another counter man who quoted me $232.16. Robert came over, tappa, tappa, tappa on the computer and the price dropped to $148.25.
Walmart and Batteries plus were both $204.