Bought several things, also from China.
Always as expected. They are very efficient!
They usually send immediately and it takes roughly 10/12 days to arrive (excluding Post Office strikes!).
Camera battery
Car plug in camera battery charger
AAA Battery charger
Dog's safety car harness
Camera case
USB cable
From China
Hand made to girls measurements Wedding Dress (£96 inc. postage) arrived in 3 weeks! FABULOUS. £800 here in the shops!
Extreme weather Goretex Hiking Jacket (£50 inc. postage) turned out to be North Face (but didn't show in advert). Typically £200 here. Been to Alaska in it - very warm and protective even after 2 hours in rain!
Check their feedback, I only deal with 100% or 99.8% people with large sales volumes.
My friend bought some little tiny iphone looking phone from there and shortly after receiving it the screen cracked and is utterly useless. Which this may have been caused by shipping and handling, but that is my point. You're ordering from a very far away place, so the chances of receiving damaged merchandise is greater. Good luck.
I bought loads of stuff from china over ebay, and I've never had a problem. The only problems I ever had was with a stupid english guy on ebay. But chinese are very customer friendly! Just go with a big 'trusted' company, rather than some guy in his living room.
Bought some hello kitty things for my girlfriend. they came through just fine in about two weeks i think.