I took your wise advice and will NOT ship my TV. I checked out Craters and Freighters and they seem perfect to suggest to buyers for shipping vintage and otherwise fragile electronics.
Here's my ebay ad --if I don't sell my Tandem, then it was not meant to leave my side--or that corner of my house it's taking up!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=251439910837