Baofeng UV-5R: Ship Times

I ordered my UV-5R the night I heard it was available. It took longer than other shipments from 409Shop. I much prefer ordering from the US suppliers just because of the shipping uncertainty alone when coming direct from China. I would have done it again, but I was anxious to try the UV-5R out. I can't believe it took nine days to get to Knoxville from New York.

2012-02-22 Ordered
2012-02-28 Order Confirm with tracking - indicated that it shipped on 2/29
2012-03-02 Processed at sort facility in Hong Kong
2012-03-03 Processed at sort facility in New York
2012-03-12 Delivered to Knoxville