Perhaps as a caveat to the above we should state that SAE clarified that for collectors in the USA, the old shipping methods will apply, but for international orders the new system will remain in place.
Just as an fyi, SAE has been in business successfully since 1976, so they must be doing something right. Incidentally, SAE told us today that the new shipping methods they had tried as an experiment ("Innovations") has not worked well for them, so as of last Monday they have reverted to the...