When you buy from a US seller, you're buying time. A typical ePacket is about 7 to 14 days from shipment, while first class mail is generally about 3 days from

When you buy from a US seller, you're buying time. A typical ePacket is about 7 to 14 days from shipment, while first class mail is generally about 3 days from shipment. China Post is worse, anywhere from 30 to 60 days is common. Yanwen economic mail is similar, as are the litany of other carriers used to exploit shipping restrictions on batteries and other items. Is it a great model? Maybe not, especially for more expensive items. But for low cost, low value items shipped only via china post, there will always be a US based box-shifter willing to collect that 20% premium on time.