fwiw I always buy dry Yuasa Maintenance Free VRLA Batteries(YTX12-BS). add the electrolyte myself then boot it up. er charge it up. I bought one Dec 13, 2010 from the Bike Bandit. after going through all the hoops (gift cards, bandit bucks, etc) the delivered cost was $63.96.
Next one was March 2, 2011 from the bandit paid $68.23 delivered.
Thing with the bandit is: look for sales, then jump on them. For example, last March (2012), I bought two EBC rear Rotors MD634s @ $106.00 each. A most excellent sale.