You were lucky, treament....i don't know if its because of my complaints to HLJ about the dodgy shipping process and they did it in 2 boxes for you, but it is indeed better to have it both shipped seperately, as far as SAL is concerned.
Mine came in a slightly bigger box to fit both of them, and i had to pay double of what you were paying for shipping. *sigh* I complained to HLJ about this since it meant that I saved nothing from their sales and ended up paying more than i normally would.