*SWEET REVENGE* A Canadian musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. United apparently damaged his treasured Taylor guitar ($3500) during a flight. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers to his custom Taylor guitar. During his final ...exchange with the United Customer Relations Manager, he stated that he was left with no choice other than to create a music video for youtube exposing their lack of cooperation. The Manager responded : "Good luck with that one, pal". So he posted a retaliatory video on youtube. The video has since received almost 6 million hits and been featured on CNN. United Airlines contacted the musician and attempted settlement in exchange for pulling the video. Naturally his response was: "Good luck with that one, pal". Taylor Guitars sent the musician 2 new custom guitars in appreciation for the product recognition from the video that has lead to a sharp increase in ord... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo[/ame] Mark
Like one of our local (south east VA) singer/song writers, Robbin Thompson said. Never, ever piss off a song writer!
That's pretty awesome, even despite being country music.. This happens all the time, really. I've had many friends stuck with huge repair bills from checking instruments. It's why I never fly with mine and if I had to, I'd be buying it it's own seat. It's good to see someone finally get them back for their "who cares?" attitude.