Hi Wolv,
I was fortunate I had a very plesant experience with Sun, I grabbed that evergreen deal @ 78 cents a watt, everything went smoothly, they actually called me back 4 times one day when I was trying to order the panels.... they later kept me updated and even called me out of the blue as to the freight carrier it would be shipped with....with the fancy pallet and the way everything was so secured for shipping it weighed in at nearly 1000 lbs.
The shipping was just about 230.00 dollars from Miami to the upstate of SC.
It appears its a gamble on customer service with Sun, From my perspective I will give them an out...I was lucky and they do indeed move the product
I also looked at the laminates and after I found some "good deals" for junction boxes on ebay and then adding some alminum for the frames I was better off just to buy the panels outright....heck I guess your mileage may vary, if you catch those laminates at cut-rate deals, and can scrounge up the aluminum you might can flip it around to a cheaper route if you add in your free DIY time.
Let me know if it works out for you, after I did the math for the pricing at the time it was a break-even adventure.
all the best,
Gavin