as far as I'm concerned the Smartpost thing rocks the water bottle cages I ordered on the 4th were at my door today. the smartpost tracking said expected in home 12/09 so it was a suprise. my last shipment also took 3 days a major improvement to the 10-12 days it was taking a few months ago. The biggest improvement is the time it takes for the order to be picked and shipped the other stuff is related to the usps system of hubs and relays.