I can definitely see that; if you didn't have prime shipping, and more importantly imo, didn't live in a huge city where tons of items are deliverable to a plet

I can definitely see that; if you didn't have prime shipping, and more importantly imo, didn't live in a huge city where tons of items are deliverable to a plethora of nearby 'lockers' with 24-48-hour delivery. That probably has a lot to do with it, along with my experience that ebay is still pretty 'back of the mule' with shipping electronics internationally. Sometimes it's fast, but usually I forget I ordered something before it arrives. But I do also order larger quantities of things from China, when I can plan ahead. I go to Amazon when I can't plan ahead, and more frequently these days, to get a working reference implementation up and running before I start running around making a BOM for a prototype. It's amazing how much time and money that can save you.