Took over a month to get to me here in Canada via standard (free) shipping. And that was without the Chinese New Year holiday to back up the HK post office. Faster shipping gets stopped at Customs, and you get dinged for duty, so I've learned to wait. DX is much faster at shipping, usually 14 days or so and no tax or duty.
Basically, you're giving up your immediate gratification for cheaper prices. No way around it.
Cheers, CC