Poor Customer Service and The Power of Social Media
My husband sent this to me by email and I thought it was an amazing testament to the importance of good customer service.
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….
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That is hysterical and it serves United right. Thanks for sharing.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it. Companies need to wise up!
Ha! I love it!
Omg, i love it! I always appreciate stories of justice being served! Hmmmph!!! @ United. So there! lol
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I sat on your site and watched a couple of his videos – his songs are kind of engaging. Too bad for United. I’m sure they didn’t think he’s be so influential!
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