OK to buy from X-Plane?

[deepakvrao@gmail.com]

Hi Guys,

I live in India, and can't order to India as we have about 50% duty, and also a 50% chance that imports will get 'lost'.

So, I need to order to a US address, and my daughter will bring it here. She leaves the US on the 16th of Feb. When I go to the VKB site, I see that

1) they are closed till Feb 2nd for CNY, and
2) they ship from China, so it might take long

Is it OK to order from say, X-Plane? Any other source? Any personal experiences on shipping timelines?