In November 2015 i ordered many items from different sellers in AliExpress.
They were all delivered safely, some fast , some slow, but they were all received within a maximum 35 day period.
This November 2016 i again ordered several items from sellers in Aliexpress.
There is no consistency whatsoever in the time allowed for delivery. Half my items were received within 20/25 days but as of today 41/42 days later over half my items have not yet been received.
What is going on, there is no regular consistency in the time frame when ordering stuff from China. It looks like all guess work, you can be lucky or unlucky of where your parcel might land on the way to the final destination. If you ordered a repeat order of the exact same item the second item could take 10 days longer than the exact same previous order. Why should that happen. If AliExpress and all their sellers cannot find a more satisfactory way of delivering items their prospective customers may not shop with them anymore.