Yes & going back to 2009 too!
I had items on back order from April & June/July 2009, which they only sent out early this year (2010) & then only after I called & emailed many, many times!!
You end up having to manage your own orders by calling their staff & managers, which also happens with the other "usual suspects" in many cases, but it may be worth it if you get a good price & can wait on their lousy service.
Ecklers (Vettes & USA Classic Cars parts suppliers) bought them - or technically the investment firm that owns Ecklers did, in late 08 or early 09. In 2009 they moved all the stock to the Ecklers distribution center in Titusville FL (from the LA area), then in early 2010 they fired almost the entire Performance Products/Automation sales & customer service staff in LA ( couple moved to FL). So now you have nobody there who knows squat about Porsches - let alone our 914s - so you need to know exactly what you need!
I predict that they'll run PP/A into the ground & out of business with their lousy service! I mean what kind of a business sits on part of an order with the parts supposedly in stock for 6 months, when they could be booking the sales? That's just bad business management, as well as driving away customers!
It's really too bad, because "back in the day" 70's & 80's & 90's they were a longstanding Porsche & 914 indy parts supplier out here in Burbank, where you could drive there, see & touch your parts, & know what you were getting & pick them up yourself if you wanted. Of course back int the 70's/80's we had at least half a dozen of these indy Porsche parts shops in Costa Mesa & Newport beach alone, where you could walk in for your parts, but they're all gone!