Quoted from Timerider:I guess if I were to ever spend $10,000+ on a used machine... I'd just go get it myself.
(If you want something done right; do it yourself.)
Ha...where's that pic of the LOTR that fell off someone's open trailer?
And I myself have damaged many pins, unfortunately. Not by being careless either. Crap just happens sometimes.
And just to clarify:
Michelle Bianchi is with Precision Transport which, like the Beltmann Group (who she was previously with), is an agent for North American Van Lines, which in 2004 actually became STI. Michelle is so well known because she actually created the coding for shipping coin-operated equipment (like pinball machines) so that they could be shipped "white glove" (ie no pallet or crating, moving company style) at reasonable rates.
So when you book with Beltmann or Precision, you're actually shipping with STI, which in 2011 was bought by CRST (expanded service, slightly higher rates)...but it's a "white glove" service with actual value insurance (not by weight, like most LTL freight companies), and you're paying for them to wrap it so let them do it with blankets/cardboard as shown in the picture above (with legs on).