Hello Roy;
As a grad (Frosty Poet class 2001) I thought you might find this interesting.
The power of YouTube.
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 co-operation. The Manager responded: “Good luck with that one, pal”.
So he posted a retaliatory video on YouTube. The video has since received over 7.5 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…
Richard Stroobant
RTBN Instructor
Radio, Television, Broadcast News
Information & Communications Technology
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology