Usually that is true for me too, but this time UPS delivered within two days of the miner shipping (which happened more like 7-8 days from payment), so I'm pretty happy this time around. But yes, i should probably use Fedex if I order from Bitmain in the future.
what mining pool you are using? and how is the earning?
sia.luxor.tech
It's the best one I could find, and I've been pretty happy with them so far, though I still have around 800s from dual mining sitting in Nanopool, so I'll have to point it there at some point for a bit to hit the payout.
My current earnings are around 1,800-2,000s/d depending on luck, but I expect that to drop.
after reading some feedback on the internet, i avoid luxor and mine at siamining instead