A Chinese eBay vendor to avoid - survy2014

Most already know what a disaster the SA Post Office is: between 66% and 100% of parcels getting ****** - the 100% being the ones that contain even the smallest quantity of metal that can be sold as s****. The only way to get reliable delivery of eBay purchases from China is to specify that shipping is to be via Yanwen Couriers. Yanwen feeds Buffalo Couriers at the Chinese departure point and hands over to a local last miler after Customs Clearance. Delivery is within 3 weeks (up from 2 weeks of a few months ago) to your door. Yanwen is 50% more expensive than the China Post/Singapore Post that the eBay vendors seem to favour (average cost in my experience for under 1kg is US$4,50), but it's 100% reliable. You do need to tell the vendor at the time of purchase that the order is conditional upon shipping being via Yanwen. eBay makes provision for this direct messaging on the checkout page. Te problem with survy2014 is that they don't comply - they just send via China Post anyway, which means your money goes straight down the drain. Your order will take 4 weeks to reach SA Customs - and then it will disappear without trace. And if you register a complaint with survy2014 about this error on their part you get a lot of China-babble about how it's actually your fault