Yup I agree, never had any issue touch wood. My parcel left San Francisco yesterday, will probably hit NZ then Sydney in the next few days, then I wait for it to reach Perth. Hoping by Friday but once Aus post involved anything can happen.
Usual process is the same as the other guys, request shipment, within 2 business days it's packed, 4th day it actually leaves COMC , then takes another 3 days to leave the US and is delivered about a week or so after that.
I don't see or know of a better option, so this works really well for me.
Noticed that the processing of receivals has slowed a lot in the last 7 days. Must be a lot of cards coming in. For the first time in ages cards are being processed closer to the deadline than normal, but no big deal.