Thanks Cliff - Happy New Year to our Chinese friends!
I buy from various Chinese eBayers and right now they are standby mode until after the 14th. I can respect that - never had a problem with any of my orders and they always send me a little note forewarning me of the delay in shipping to the US but it's not really all that bad. Partly because once they get the order they jump on it and out it goes the next day.