Intending to gift his host in Thailand, JW returned to the shipping box in which a desktop had been sent him (through FexEx or UPS I don't remember) and paid UA's overweight shipping fee while the box accompanied him to BKK.
His first class tix did nothing to provide special loving care for the computer, however: it arrived with a kick-hole in the side.
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UA shrugged its collective shoulders, accepted >NO< responsibility and offered >NO< compensation.
I think JW salvaged possibly one internal drive, but the rest became a bone-yard for swap-out parts.
YMMV