They're definitely two halves of the same coin. They've skated by on the LRG bump to their reputation, but when you're constantly using it for replacing parts that show up broken... I spoke with one of their higher ups this spring about it (because they tried to weasel their way out of honoring a replacement on some coilpacks so I escalated via some VW contacts) and got a nicely comp'd order and a promise that they're working on it, but then the very next order they sent me had a broken haldex pump.
It's always just complete absence of packing material, causing parts to be dented or snapped off. Simple, cheap stuff to fix in the shipping department. But they're clearly cutting corners.
I don't rely on them much any more because of it, I'd rather spend less to get stuff safely in my hands the first time instead of spending more on everything to get store credit later.