For the visual folks here are pics of my first and only wrap and ship.
The buyer lived 400km away and considered driving down but I offered to ship. He e-transferred a deposit and made all arrangements with Sameday. Full payment was made before I started wrapping. Sameday have a terminal 15 minutes from my place and is where I sourced the pallet for free. Buyer was paying for shipping and offered to pay for the wrapping materials and straps. Cardboard I got from out behind a local furniture store.
Sameday gave me the largest pallet insisting it was the standard size. I knew it would easily accommodate a game standing upright on its end - which is how you ship pinball machines right? However, the buyer preferred (insisted) that I lay it flat despite my warnings that it wouldn't be safe. As I wrapped I could not let it go like that so I decided to add on a "bumper" to help things out. I had made arrangements to use my neighbour's pickup truck to get to the terminal, but being flat allowed it to fit into my van. All this wrapping took the better part of the afternoon.
At the terminal, buyer made final payment to Sameday over the phone. I sent on a couple of phones pics as the forklift hauled the game away. It arrived safe and sound a few days later.
Kinda like making your first pin repair.
