Having one machine sent from a supplier in the USA is not all grim and bad scary news.
Fumigation is never done on a single item if it is palleted on a plastic pallet, and your paperwork is in order. The key is to having all your paperwork done correctly, whether you use a freight forwarder, or clear items yourself. You have to know what u are doing ahead of time. if I can do it successfully, anyone can do it. But it still amazes me that shipping figures are still a relative unknown at the USA end.

The reality is, is that some people will have to get machines sent on a one off basis, because the amount Bumper is charging for the machines is over $9500, and it is at least $1300 cheaper than that to bring it in yourself by dealing direct with Jack - woz std model i priced up a few posts back which is good value with invisiglass n shaker etc. If the price from the Aust Dealer can be fixed, and not go up n down like a rollercoaster, then they may have a chance of selling some, versus people going direct to JJP.  A friend bought a unsold LE from Bumper a few weeks ago, obviously for $9500 it is landed here, he just has to pay the $200 or $300 from Melb to QLD. But, i dont want to spend 10 grand, I would rather spend closer to 8 grand, or 8 and a half, hence wanting some concrete shipping figures from JJP.

I think the easiest way to get them, is to wait for JJP to ship 500 machines here n there n everywhere, then re-ask the shipping questions when they have been through it a few hundred times. Thats the answer.