Buy them from his eBay store. I ordered patches this year and last year, and they both arrived within 5 days.
I don’t know if anyone else has had the same experience as me, but maybe I’m just a fluke where it actually gets here.
I ordered some patches from his regular site (last year), and got them in about a week exactly. I’m not sure if this had anything to do with it, but I also sent him an e-mail after placing my order, telling him nicely that I needed my patches very soon (for Halloween), and I would really appreciate his timeliness, and understanding, and blah blah blah, blah, blah… and I don’t know, but maybe that helped…