Properly packaging a game for shipment via an LTL carrier isn't very difficult. Inconvenient maybe, but not difficult. If you ship and/or trade pins regularly, for $521 you can get a brand new steel strapping machine or probably $250 or less used. You can find an industrial business that has one (and everything else you'd need, including a dock and regular discounted LTL service for pickup) that would allow you access to use in their facility. You probably know someone. At least do it once so you can see how not hard it is