Teach me about Shipping Parts!!!

Just shipped a Super Six set-up out to-day and did a HOLY CRAP routine when I went to have UPS Store pack and ship it.
They wanted $70 to pack it, plus another $53 to ship it!
Brought it back home, got a box from the local grocery store, used every conceivable piece of material I could find to pack it and sent it out by FedEx for $32.34 to NY.

You pay big time for convenience.

I've often considered getting a mini van and a small trailer and offering transport for heavy items, blocks, transmissions, rear ends, bulky fenders, hoods, doors and the like.
Enough of these items would pay for a trip to NY or CA, and then some.
All it'd take is a network of enthusiasts on sites like FABO working together to make it fly.
Might not be the QUICKEST way, but enough people working together could get it to work okay.

Mark.