I wonder if getting people to join their club is what drives their poor shipping. They figure they will make it sooo painful that joining the club is the only option. I buy a fair amount of stuff on-line, there are couple of electronics places I use in California; monoprice and newegg which will almost always have the order shipped the same day you place it and I have never waiting more than 3 days and that is from the west coast. I just can't fathom why it would take 7+ days to get an order from a distributor that is just 700 miles away. You almost have to pay extra to get the service to be that slow.