I'm not surprised one bit as it seems to be the norm. I've put in an order late November and was told January of this year just be to updated again mid February. The shop in which I ordered had a waiting list of cars waiting as well and completely wiped out their stock once arrived.
As far as alternatives, the VAC/WPC's seem to be the next popular option. ACL is a slippery slope not because of quality, but simply the fact there is too much feedback and track record of BE's vs a small sample size of ACL. That said, all shops I've talked to have no issues with them, vendors also seem to feel quality is on par w/ BE or VAC and have had no issues reported from customers. On top of that, they are substantially cheaper. It's almost as one is reluctant to go w/ BE simply because this forum predominantly did so.
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