The trick with VB was figuring out what fit into which ofthe three categories of parts they sold a particular item fit. My experience was that they sold, some parts thatwere right, some that were wrong but would work ok and some that were wrong andmight work for some cars but weren’t useful for mine. Once you figured that out, they weren’tperfect but could be useful.
As for quality, yea it had gone down over the years, butto be fair many suppliers have quality issues, castings too heavy, chromeplating applied too thin, questionable base materials. Hard to get good
Stuff at a reasonable price, and perhaps with much comingout of the Asian countries, high quality may not be a priority for what are lownumbers runs.