Now worries Matt. The last seat I had shipped for my HX the guy wrapped it in bubble wrap real good the wrapped the heck out if it in stretch film for shipping. I think I paid $65 total with shiping. It needed to be recovered anyway and I only wanted the foam, but amazingly it showed up with zero damage. Yet my hump seat that was put in a box showed up with damage to the box. Just tell the cat to ditch the vinyl and throw out the base and just box up the foam if that's all you need.