In my experience it depends on who you're dealing with and not much more than that. I've had excellent results with The Filling Station. I've had close to excellent results with Rock Auto. I've had horrible results with some others, but there's probably no need to mention them. If you deal with the two I've mentioned you'll be treated fairly and the Mickey Mouse factor should be pretty low to nonexistent. Also a red flag is cost of shipping. Some of the turkeys out there consider shipping cost to be a profit center for them. I don't like that. It tells me they enjoy putting their hand in my wallet.
