Musician's Revenge

haoli25
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Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:59 pm

Funny Stuff! The lesson is buy your Taylor a seat.





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Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:10 pm

haoli25 wrote:
Funny Stuff! The lesson is buy your Taylor a seat.
I wonder what United thinks about that kind of advertising? But they probably don't care anyway.

I wonder what the whole story is behind that video? He is probably so angry that if he didn't write a song he'd probably be loading his AK-47!

Great video! Owning two Taylors, I can feel his pain!!


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Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:23 pm

The same friend that sent me that clip also
sent me this;


United Airlines breaks musician's $3500 guitar,
refuses to accept responsibility and fix it.
Musician promises to write and produce three
songs about his experience and make videos
.


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Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:34 pm

haoli25 wrote:
The same friend that sent me that clip also
sent me this;


United Airlines breaks musician's $3500 guitar,
refuses to accept responsibility and fix it.
Musician promises to write and produce three
songs about his experience and make videos
.
He should organize a nationwide boycott of United Airlines by all musicians, not just guitarists, until United exerts enough pressure on their baggage handler unions to prevent this! It's really a disgrace in this day and age.

I won't even take my golf clubs on the plane anymore because it isn't worth the risk. They've chewed up too many $400 drivers!! I mail them to my hotel using UPS or FedEx. A little expensive but worth it.


haoli25
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Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:51 pm

This poor guy is just another victim of the
airlines's mentality these days. If you
complain about anything they will try to have
you arrested for disrupting a flight.
This covers over-charges, property damage, and
employee theft.


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Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:41 am

Funny video, but not a funny problem.

Where has responsibility gone these days? It's probably buried next to common sense. I think they both died about the same time.

Ric


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Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:56 pm

Here's an update to the story........

Carroll spent $1,200 getting the guitar repaired
“to a state that it plays well but has lost much
of what made it special.”

The capping blow, Carroll says, was an e-mail from
a Ms. Irlweg, who denied his claim for compensation
because he didn’t complain in the right place, or
at the right time. The airline wouldn’t even give
him $1,200 in travel vouchers, Carroll contends.

(Then the video hits the internet...............)


“Revenge is a dish best served with country accompaniment.”


So what does United have to say about the song and video?

“This has struck a chord with us, and we’ve contacted him
directly to make it right,” said Robin Urbanski, a spokeswoman
for United. (Urbanski also said she “loved” the video.)

Urbanski said a phone meeting had been scheduled for Wednesday,
and that before the airline decides exactly what to do for
Carroll, “we need to have that conversation with him directly.”

By the way: In the U.S. Department of Transportation’s tally
of lost, damaged, delayed or pilfered baggage in April 2009,
United ranked 10th among 19 carriers, with 13,517 “baggage
reports” among 4.03 million passengers.


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Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:19 pm

Go for them! United deserves to have it known how they treat baggage.

I fly very often for work and I've seen baggage handlers drop bags 15 or 20 feet and no even think twice about it. I've had to replace my toolbox 3 times.


haoli25
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:12 pm

Now you know Andy, all you have to do is make a video and
post it on YouTube and they will replace your toolboxes. :laugh:


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Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:25 pm

Maybe I'll start filming the baggage handlers thru the windows...


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