I have a good amount of Shars stuff. Everything is of good quality or I wouldn't keep buying. 1" digital mic and 6" digital calipers are my go-to measuring devices all day long. When in comes to press fits in .001 or tighter then I use Starrett and gauge blocks, Almost all Shars comes to NC in 3-4 days. no matter how shipped.
General Shipping update. I keep track of shipping, Covid and political stuff for my the place where my wife works. They get chair parts from China and Taiwan, leather from Italy, Brazil, Argentina, etc. The deep freeze in Texas nearly killed us. The chair parts guy last week informed us that a shipping container was $5000, last year. It is now $17000 now and as of now can not tell us when his inventory will arrive. It used to be 2 months or less and 1 week from him to us. No order date at all and he is tying to work out with his customers on how to add additional costs.