Just a quick update. I should have followed my late mother's advice to be patient.

On October 21, I went to the post office and this big hunky box was sitting there waiting for me. 80% of the residents in my little beach town use a post office box. I have the vendor/seller put down both the box number and physical address on all online purchases.

4 days from Jaipur to me. That's quite amazing. I have purchased stuff from Spokane that took a lot longer to get here.