Mmmm.........I can now answer my own question.
When they say body, they mean just that. B & H show just what you are getting if you press the right tab. City21electronics don't, and I just assumed. One has to be soooooo careful with batteries and charger costing $500 ish.
I can understand selling without the lens...but without the battery? It has to be a ploy.
A $200+ battery, that is performing to about a third of the claimed level, is not what I want to hear from a world leader, especially when it needs a $200+ charger.
Now, where's my old Pentax?