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DreamerTheresa

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http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/news/...oll-gets-his-revenge-on-united-airlines.thtml

Dave Carroll’s band, Sons of Maxwell, were travelling to Nebraska for a one-week tour in the spring of 2008. Peering out of the aeroplane window, Dave Carroll noticed his beloved Taylor guitar being thrown by the United Airlines baggage handlers.

“I discovered later that the $3,500 guitar was severely damage,” comments Carroll on his website, www.davecarrollmusic.com. “United Airlines didn’t deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss.”

So instead of getting mad, Dave Carroll got even and wrote a song about his experience.

Dave Carroll's song has been a YouTube hit – and a PR disaster for United Airlines. And there’s more to come. “United: Song 1 is the first of those songs,” says Dave Carroll. “United: Song 2 has been written and video production is underway. United: Song 3 is coming. I promise.”

Dave Carroll’s ditty about United Airlines has racked up 3.7 million hits on YouTube and caused the airline’s stock price to plunge by ten per cent, costing shareholders $180m. Check out his country-western “revenge song” here.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo&feature=player_embedded
 
radiod

radiod

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This is another reason I have a form fitted pressure foam sprayed case for my nice guitar :p. If he was actually using a proper professional travelling case, they have to take QUITE a bit of abuse before anything happens to the contents. Never the less...people are stupid, throwing stuff like that around is just not cool. I'd be like the office from Top Gun...

"I WANT SOME BUTTS!"
 
adampecush

adampecush

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ForcedTorque;1370632 said:
All Give-a-Fuck has vanished from this once proud nation. You can't find it anywhere.
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This nation as well. The entire up-and-coming generation which never had to work for anything has a generally terrible work ethic.
 
lewis15498

lewis15498

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Taylor guitar........................................................$3500
Video Camera.......................................................$275
Getting your buddies to help out..............................$0
Power owning the airline that broke your guitar...........Priceless
 
radiod

radiod

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Taylor guitar........................................................$3500
Video Camera.......................................................$275
Getting your buddies to help out..............................$0
Power owning the airline that broke your guitar...........Priceless
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I love it! That deserves a 20 seconds air time during commercial breaks on national news :D
 
Brewster

Brewster

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Haha. My parents are flying to Florida later this week and they just FedEx'd their luggage down there rather than deal with the airlines.
 
IwantMKIII

IwantMKIII

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Don't care for country or the song but AWESOME lol. Take that!

the US airlines in general are pathetic in comparison to other countries.
 
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