Update
So once the delivery window closed on the order from Bluenergy I filed a dispute with AE to which the vendor did not respond, so got a refund promptly. Ordered the same kit again on 3 May but this time from GREENENERGY’s US warehouse, along with the shorter 90cm motor cable (necessary for the LWB recumbent I’m converting) which shipped from China. Coincidentally both arrived this afternoon, along with an unexpected bonus: they sent me not one, not three, but two 20” front wheel kits! Guess I’ll have to contact them to find out if they have any distribution channels on the east cost for which they can email me a FedEx return label. Because reshipping the extra package all the way back to CA from NY would be ridiculous.