United Breaks Guitars
I love the power of the internet. United Airlines broke this guy’s $3,500.00 guitar (while he was on a flight to Nebraska) and refused to compensate him. He promised to write three songs about it, make videos for each, and release them on the internet. Here’s the first. Apparently United is in talks with him (after 150,000 views and a story on CNN) about a settlement. Dumbasses.
This is a funny response – kinda NSFW
Hunt down the Dave Carroll statement on You Tube. Apparently, he is not interested in a settlement but has told United that they can give the money to charity. Songs 2 and 3 are still coming.
Comment by Vouyer — July 15, 2009 @ 7:55 pm
I certainly have sympathy for this guy, and he definitely made the best of the istuation and produced a funny song that got his band some incredible publicity, but I would NEVER trust a guitar in regular luggage storage on a plane. My most expensive case cost almost as much as a guitar and I still don’t think it’s strong enough to go through the “throwers.” If you have an awesome guitar like that… buy it a ticket. That said, I do applaud the guy.
Comment by Potato. — July 16, 2009 @ 1:53 pm