I had my Tommy shipped from Brisbane to Canberra with E-go. The seller wrapped it like a mummy with bubble wrap, super thick cardboard (the stuff fridges & TV are packed in), and foam. It took me two-hours to unwrap it, but once unwrapped I found there was nothing damaged and to this day it's fine.

If I was super worried about what could happen to it on-route I would have gone and got it myself. In the end I just paid the insurance and accepted that sometimes bad things do happen.

My next pins are likely to be shipped as well - mainly because they always seem to be in locations where driving just isn't worth it. If any get damaged along the way, I'll just take that as the 'Pin Gods' saying "about time you learnt how to do some restoring", or "you didn't really want that one!!"