I've had a few dud purchases from China.  They were a while ago and having learnt a lesson re quality I've never ordered those particular products again. 

However my most recent purchases from China were pretty good though the delivery time was slow for some of them.  The particular order I referred to in my post turned out to be an excellent buy.  There was no Oz equivalent, and fortunately I didn't need it urgently.  It was worth the wait though!

There are a couple more items I'm considering getting from China (once again, no Oz equiv) but the item I"d particularly like is in the US....but the darn thing is Made in China for many diffeent companies by the looks of it.  I wish I could get it diectly from China as I'm sure it would be cheaper.