Natedogg,
Just outta curiousity how bigga palm you lookin' for? I know of a couple of places that will freight in large field grown (nursery grown) specimens for ya... you'll pay quite a bit for it but it is by far the best way to get a really large specimen without having to worry about whether or not it'll survive after you take the time to dig it, transport it... so on and so forth. I am not rich by any means but I am getting a larger specimen T. fortunei from Portland, OR next year some time... it is going to cost a couple of hundred all together but so far it is the only truely hassle free way of doing it that I have found.
Or as someone else mentioned you might get lucky and find a property owner redoing the property that has one they don't want and then all you have to do is dig it and you are good.
But, we are all here to learn from each other and non-verbal communication can be easily misinterpreted as hostility (Trust me I know). I don't think bigdog meant any malice by his comments, we just don't want to see one of our fellow 'bananaphiles' get into any hot water.
-James-