[Ecco]

I've written a blog post on that very subject. Turns out you can have a $0.03 item mailed to you, including shipping, from China!

http://romain.goyet.com/articles/free_shipping_from_china/

[wesbos]

China subsidizes the postal service to keep up their exports.

[binarysolo]

Wonder how long that'll keep up given their current issues...

[Scoundreller]

But you do have a have a lot of patience. It seems to be getting a lot slower. I just hit a new record: An item shipped on November 25th arrived last week to Canada.

[vanattab]

I had package of green tea I ordered show up 7 months after I ordered it.

[herbst]

I've had both, between a week and 2 months. About 2-3 things never arrived, but ali (better said the seller) gave the money back each time.