[Porsche-O-Phile]

Most places don’t actually stock anything anymore, they rely on drop shipping / local warehouses and they information they provide to you is only as accurate as what the distributors / warehouses provide to them, which is often not that good. I believe PP actually does stock a fair amount of stuff in house but many online businesses now are just “make believe stores” run out of a spare bedroom with zero stock - 100% reliant on third party drop shipping. They’re really just middlemen - they deal with the public (distributors don’t want to) and that’s their niche.

I really do appreciate when someone is up front and tells me if something is back ordered BEFORE paying so it’s my choice to continue... It’s really frustrating to pay for something and then be told (AFTER someone else has my money) “oh you have to wait some unknown length of time but we’ll get it to you... whenever... eventually”. I’ll usually just cancel an order at that point. I’ll wait with my money in my own pocket, not theirs thanks - or I’ll go someplace else. If they’re honest / up front about it I’ll often just let it go but if it’s after the payment? Nope.