OK guys.. Here is the Final Word.
The dealer that I was going to get the Shanks from gave me a WRITTEN QUOTE for the taps and the freight. After I accepted, and was trying to figure out how to send the money (Had to wire it!), she came back and said, "Hold on for a day, the bosses tell me the frieght might be off". Two days later, she sent me a new quote that was 900 DOLLARS more.
I gave them the flick, and am now purchasing the shanks from Perlick. They updated their pricing, and are only charging $384 instead of $1202 for freight.
I have placed the order, and the shanks are being produced (up to 2 weeks lag time) and they do not include the beer line fittings. I am waiting on pricing for these, but I'm pretty sure that the cost will be too great, and I will lose money if I have them sent. Rather than try to squeeze more money out of anyone, I am going to NOT order the beer line fittings as was originally planned.
Again, sorry for all of the confusion, and the delays, but it's really hard to do business with the time differences and the weekends etc. I have been up at 5am multiple morning to get onto US Vendors while they are open.
Any questions?