Same part number, same cranking amps, same capacity…unless the Autocraft brand is more expensive than the CarQuest brand, no harm, no foul.

When working for bumper to bumper the batteries came in pallets and unmarked, only after someone ordered one would we stick whatever label they ordered for and send it off. I always wondered if there was a price difference based on what label was on there, made me feel like i was doing something shady

Brands don't mean diddly. Generic/ store brand and national brand are often made in the same facilities with the same material. It's super common for labels to be the only difference between products. The really big problem is it only provides the illusion of choice. You really can't pick the company you want to do business with an a product you trust because every product is the same garbage. In an ideal world getting a xyz from company abc would mean something but in reality consumers are forced to roll the dice every time they purchase something.

There's only two manufacturers[or three?] on car batteries, so this doesn't matter to me really.

Now if they changed the year or CCA… thaaaats when I'd start taking offense.

What if the bar codes don’t match… now they won’t be able to warranty it. I would have left the sticker on.

If the battery was installed by a Carquest Technet shop the upper label was to be removed to expose the Carquest label that included a phone number because it would then include roadside assistance.

This was probably a matter of the battery producer makes both brands and either had one of the other brand sticker mixed with the stickers for what was ordered and was caught and swapped to the brand going out off of the production line at the time or maybe a rush order and an abundance of one brand already stickered and they put another brand over those that were needed on the rush. More than a few ways that things like these can happen. It to be expected with all the brands of batteries and only a few manufacturers producing them.

I used to pick up dead batteries by the semi load for recycle from battery outlets and in the back warehouse there were racks and racks of different sizes and shapes of batteries. At one end of the warehouse was a large rack with an assortment of decal rolls. These rolls were labelled with Nissan, Toyota, Napa, etc. When someone ordered a battery, one of the workers would walk back to the warehouse and take down the appropriate battery of size and amperage and then go to the rack of decals and choose a decal of the appropriate make or brand and sticker the battery. They would then take the battery up to the front and sell the genuine Toyota, Nissan or Napa or whatever brand to the customer.
This was in many, many warehouses in every city, so it is not an uncommon thing to do.
The batteries I picked up were the dead, damaged or batteries that didn't sell in time as all batteries age whether used or not.

Should have left the original in case they need it for a warranty issue.

Remember
1 gas station
1 grocery store
Lol

The autocraft label is for diy customers and more than likely had installed at advance auto when a commercial shop orders and installs one they’re supposed to remove it and expose the carquest label to show that it was installed them that’s the only reason for the two labels

I am not 100% certain, but removing the sticker may cause warranty issues should the purchaser need to replace the battery. If it bothered you, you could have mentioned it to the vehicle's owner.

I say it is both.

This kind of stuff happens. I worked for Advance around the time they acquired Carquest. I left to go work at a Chrysler dealership before they really integrated the Carquest brand. Judging by the case they're both still made by Johnson Controls. Lead acid batteries are pretty well figured out by now anyway. I'm going to chalk this up to them having ordered a bunch of Carquest branded batteries then realized they actually needed a bunch of Autocraft ones. At the end of the day, they weren't bad and they weren't great. I prefer Deka if I can get my hands on one. Lead acid is a very mature technology and they're pretty much all the same now. When I was in automotive parts aftermarket you'd see significant degradation at the 3 year mark. All three of my cars have five year old batteries now and they're all fine.

I work at advance and we used to remove those stickers when we sold them for commercial account, I always found it dum but thats what they told me the reason was. Now days we sell Diehard so you wont see that anymore.

I could have told you that 5 years ago. I worked there for 25 years. Left 2 1/2 years ago. If it was sold to a commercial account the top label was supposed to be removed.

Couldn't the owner claim that you switched the battery to a CarQuest one?

It's a JCI

It's the same company they just rebranded it

Good job Ray

Whay to go geinius u just screwed the owner out of his warranty, by removing his original upc tag, u’ll do anything for a clickbait video

Leave it the way you found it.