alocispepraluger102 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 A 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 over 5.5 million hits. 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 orders. Here's the video .... Quote
jostber Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 A new creative way of selling good guitars! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 Great story! MG Quote
bertrand Posted November 23, 2009 Report Posted November 23, 2009 There's a whole series of these Hitler things, including ones about how the videos were puled from youtube. Pretty creative guy with time on his hands. 'Who do I look like - Bobby McFerrin?' Love it. Bertrand. Quote
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