Agree. I'd like to know how many of the people with bad HK experience are Hobby Shop owners or employees.
Certain things I would not buy from HK, but batteries, escs, electric motors and the little things are just great.
A fuel tank for less then $2, the LHS wants $8 for the very same thing.

I have had some bad parts from HK, but they were cheap enough I'd just throw them away.
No, the quality is not 'top notch' but good enough for most purposes.
Oh, I got one cheap foamy from HK, arrived in perfect shape, pain $40 - rx ready. I am not into foamys, just needed soemthig to put a camera on. And it works great.
I flew that little thing today in 15 mph wind.

But I would not buy anything expensive there, maybe if it comes from the US warehouse and it has spotless reviews.
To each his own. Our LHS is about 50 miles away, and always out of one of the things I need.

Online shopping is cheap and convenient.