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Did everybody take their heart medicine? I don’t want anybody to have a grabber! The second battery finally arrived today! I thought the original idea was to put the batteries in the car and go touring. Looks like the battery decided to go touring on its own. Wound up in Chicago, Bedford Park, Cincinnati, and back to Franklin Park, IL. Hope it enjoyed its tour!

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Unfortunately still have not received the battery. It’s now showing at UPS terminal within walking distance to the delivery address, but no updates, not out for delivery, and they will only speak with the shipper about the status. Frustrating. Typical for UPS.

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Oooh I learned that about the reverse light the hard way!

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Great News! The missing battery has been found. The people at Optima responded immediately and found that there was a second tracking number on the second battery. What is not clear is why the battery has been sitting in a terminal at Hodgkins, IL for a week. In any event, looks like its close to resolution. The people at Optima were wonderful!

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Peter, to clarify, I ordered two batteries and they were shipped in two packages. I only received one. I had them sent to my church as they are the only people home during the day that could accept them. Normally, I work around UPS’s no delivery to PO Box rule by using the physical street address of the post office where my box is located, followed by the Box number, and the post office cheerfully accepts packages for me. I have been doing this for the last ten years. I did not use this address for the batteries as I assumed there might be some hazardous materials labeling on them which would preclude the post office accepting them. Upon receipt of the one package, there was in fact no such labeling and I should have had them shipped to the post office.

That being said, I checked the UPS tracking site and it shows two packages, and delivered status. Unfortunately only one was delivered. I contacted Optima on their website and asked them to track the missing battery since UPS would not allow me to institute an online claim. I have found UPS to be a very unreliable carrier in the past and avoid them whenever possible.

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Again no luck with the missing second battery. Contacted Optima and asked them to trace it.

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Well, again the first battery was delivered Tuesday rather than Wednesday as scheduled, and the second was not delivered today. UPS shows 2 packages. The driver left one on the doorstep at church and rang the bell to let them know there was a package. UPS will not let me file a claim yet.

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Well, one of the two arrived today. Package is clearly marked 1 of 2. Hope the second shows up tomorrow. Plan on installing them next week. Take a day off work and go over the car for the beginning of the season.

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I ordered my batteries today and as I suspected, they do not deliver to PO Boxes. I had them sent to my church, they should be safe there!

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Didn’t mean to hit the button 4 times. Computer was acting up.

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Didn’t mean to hit the button 4 times. Computer was acting up.

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I asked the question about using a PO Box for delivery not because of problems with UPS, but due to the fact that the battery would be considered a hazardous item and might not be accepted at the Post Office. I started maintaining a PO Box near my office years ago mainly for ordering stuff online. After trying to battle with UPS for several years, I hit on a trick that works. I have the parcels shipped to me, at the physical street address of the post office, showing my box number. Works perfectly. UPS hates delivering to the post office as they’re trying to force you to rent one of their boxes at one of their stores. They can’t refuse to deliver this way tho.

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I asked the question about using a PO Box for delivery not because of problems with UPS, but due to the fact that the battery would be considered a hazardous item and might not be accepted at the Post Office. I started maintaining a PO Box near my office years ago mainly for ordering stuff online. After trying to battle with UPS for several years, I hit on a trick that works. I have the parcels shipped to me, at the physical street address of the post office, showing my box number. Works perfectly. UPS hates delivering to the post office as they’re trying to force you to rent one of their boxes at one of their stores. They can’t refuse to deliver this way tho.

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I asked the question about using a PO Box for delivery not because of problems with UPS, but due to the fact that the battery would be considered a hazardous item and might not be accepted at the Post Office. I started maintaining a PO Box near my office years ago mainly for ordering stuff online. After trying to battle with UPS for several years, I hit on a trick that works. I have the parcels shipped to me, at the physical street address of the post office, showing my box number. Works perfectly. UPS hates delivering to the post office as they’re trying to force you to rent one of their boxes at one of their stores. They can’t refuse to deliver this way tho.

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I asked the question about using a PO Box for delivery not because of problems with UPS, but due to the fact that the battery would be considered a hazardous item and might not be accepted at the Post Office. I started maintaining a PO Box near my office years ago mainly for ordering stuff online. After trying to battle with UPS for several years, I hit on a trick that works. I have the parcels shipped to me, at the physical street address of the post office, showing my box number. Works perfectly. UPS hates delivering to the post office as they’re trying to force you to rent one of their boxes at one of their stores. They can’t refuse to deliver this way tho.

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Batteries are usually considered hazardous material and are subject to some shipping restrictions depending on contents. For example, a department store cannot ship cologne through the US Mail system as it is considered a flammable liquid. Ran into that problem once with Nordstrom.

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Question: Can these batteries be shipped to PO Box?

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I trust you will include all ordering information?

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I like the idea of wiring two batteries in series. Will this fit in the battery box of my 1933 1236?

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That looks like a familiar car in front of the dealership. Did a little history on Paulman, he died not long after turning his dealership over to Pierce Arrow as a company owned dealership. He’s buried in Oakwoods Cemetery on Chicago’s South Side. His wife got into trouble about 1912 after hitting a pedestrian with an electric auto (I’m sure a Pierce would have had better brakes) and I believe his son was a long time executive of an automotive association.

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