I buy all my stuff online nowadays... I wish the best for West Marine, they've been around forever, but retail stores have been in trouble for some time now. With that being said, I find decent deals on their site from time to time.

Since batteries are part of this thread try the Kirkland house brand at Costco.

I wouldn't....my local Costco only has interstate marine batteries now...they are a special deal only for Costco...but you wouldn't know it by looking at the battery itself as its not labeled Kirkland or Costco anywhere. Anyway they only carry a 1yr warranty with no prorating of any kind. I bought one for my boat the year before in the fall just as i got my boat all put together and i wanted to water test before putting it away for winter. Kept the battery inside the house and threw it on a trickle charger at the end of each month over night....only got to use the boat maybe a dozen times during the next summer....come fall i go to winterize the boat and battery's dead. The battery was actually disconnected from the boat cause i was working on something like two weeks prior...go to Costco to see if i can get a replacement and was told i was two weeks past purchase date! Wouldn't do a thing for me, even after talking to the store manager. Took it to an interstate dealer to see if they can do anything for it.....they knew it was a Costco deal from the serial number on the side...all they could do was throw it on their heavy duty charger....lucky for me it took the charge and seems to be ok right now but i will see in a bout a week when i go get the boat and install it back in there if its any good. :(