The dealerships will never sell them to you directly. What you have to do is find out when the "guy" company picks up these old batteries from the service/parts manager. Once you have that information plan on being there and waiting for the "guy" to arrive. Once you make contact, offer to buy a battery or a few(start around 50% of what a new one costs). Some of the time these battery recycler guys are also the managers or owners of the company and may sell them to you off the back of the van. btw, this does not work with all places as some dealerships have different arrangements with their suppliers.
The dealerships will never sell them to you directly. What you have to do is find out when the "guy" company picks up these old batteries from the service/parts manager. Once you have that information plan on being there and waiting for the "guy" to arrive. Once you make contact, offer to buy a battery or a few(start around 50% of what a new one costs). Some of the time these battery recycler guys are also the managers or owners of the company and may sell them to you off the back of the van. btw, this does not work with all places as some dealerships have different arrangements with their suppliers.