Does anyone have any nightmare stories when shipping their bike? If I thought I was going to do tons of flying with my bike, I'd spend the $300 on the Trico case but I'm not sure yet. I'm just trying to get my bike back to mom's until post graduate school life gets itself figured out, but putting my precious Coppi in a cardboard box scares me.

Does the LBS normally do this for a fee? I'm not even sure I'd pack it right.

Thanks!