I was the one who shipped the cabinet that I purchased from 300wins (Blast City) and honestly its not difficult at all if you know who to go through. I used STI (Specialized Transportation Inc.) -
www.stidelivers.com - They have a ebay and gaming team that specializes in shipping arcade machines. They just need the dimensions of the cabinet, name and address, zip code of where it is being picked up at, item paid for and verified paid for by the seller via a Phone Call which is done when they set-up a Pick-Up Date for the item, and then they call you back with Delivery Date. They will be able to give you a price right on the spot. They may ask you if an area is 18 wheeler accessible or not but generally speaking they won't bring an 18 wheeler to pick-up an arcade machine or to deliver it. I spent maybe 20 minutes on the phone with them total over the entire course of the transaction. They will ask you questions regarding a loading dock or if the truck needs a motorized lift on it to get the machine onto the truck. If the item is being picked up on ground level or if stairs are involved. Obviously depending upon the answers to these questions, the price will vary slightly. They blanket wrap and bubble wrap the item twice over and that's that. I just noticed this thread and I am really tempted to talk to 300wins about buying this and doing the shipping thing all over again with him.
I would be willing to trade my Dedicated Killer Instinct with KI1 and KI2 boards for this. I would pay shipping cost from California to Michigan on the Noir clone. Trader would have to pay shipping from Michigan to wherever on my KI.
http://s12.photobucket.com/user/Hellarage/library/Killer Instinct?page=1 - I can give more specific details if you need them. I've replaced practically everything in this machine. I have 2 brand new speakers for it that I haven't installed yet but I would include them.
