No worries, it's been sat on the shelf for a year or so, so a bit longer won't hurt.

$40 sounds steep for shipping, IIRC I paid something like £90 for the Smoothstepper, around £10 for shipping and about £20 for the dreaded import fees and VAT (I bought it before the 20% VAT rate hike). The thing came in a Jiffy bag, so didn't exactly cost a fortune to post.