looks like everything is settled, but if everything can be packed in a few boxes, UPS is definately the best way to go. If someone is there on the West coast to package it and take it to the UPS store, then you'll be best off money wise for sure!

I work with furniture and moving, etc. If you only have a few items and use a moving company, they will merely shove it on the back of a truck and then they'll take their sweet old time tossing it onto another truck. There will be a few layovers along the way... before you know it, that stuff took $1,000 to ship and 2 weeks to get to you. They'll give you a song and dance about the high cost of fuel these days and how they had to blanket wrap things, yadda yadda yadda. UPS will take a few days and 75% cheaper because all they do is shipping.