I inquired to the owner of btcdeals about the business.  We considered acquiring it.  He was very up front about his number one problem being shipping times.  The 3rd party shipping companies he uses are VERY slow, sometimes taking over a month.  It's the price of being able to ship internationally for $1.  I'm NOT vouching for this guy, it is possible btcdeals is a scam, but I think it's more probable that shipping times are just excruciatingly slow.