United Airlines breaks guitars on purpose

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United Airlines breaks guitars on purpose

by The_Walrus ^Pro @ 2009-07-08 – 12:33:34

The owner of the $3500 guitar says...

In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didnt 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.
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- Bushka ^Pro
- Bushka
- 2009-07-08 @ 13:02:06
Don't travel United Airlines again! Thanks for the hint!
- - The_Walrus ^Pro
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  - 2009-07-08 @ 13:32:15
  Olympic Airlines let you take your valuable instruments in the cabin.
  - - Bushka ^Pro
    - Bushka
    - 2009-07-08 @ 15:15:43
    There are Airlines that allow that....I shall always give the United 'lot' a wide berth...
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- alecweston ^Pro
- 2009-07-08 @ 13:23:08
The mind boggles at what "beaking" a guitar would involve...

- Alec, your pedantic blog friend.
- - The_Walrus ^Pro
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  - 2009-07-08 @ 13:31:26
  Fixed the typo, thanks! I was too full of horror at the evil of United Airlines baggage handlers and management to do my usual careful re-read.
  - - alecweston ^Pro
    - 2009-07-08 @ 13:49:22
    It's nice to know you, too, Walrus, are occasionally falible... Or is it "fallible"? lol.
    - - The_Walrus ^Pro
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      - 2009-07-08 @ 14:29:43
      Ooh, harsh!
      
      Gone offline now...
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- SeasideMan ^Pro
- 2009-07-08 @ 13:37:30
This is why the best hard case possible is a requirement for a great instrument...
- - The_Walrus ^Pro
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  - 2009-07-08 @ 14:28:59
  It had one. Didn't save it from the baggage "handlers".
  - - SeasideMan ^Pro
    - 2009-07-08 @ 14:33:45
    Can't have been a very good case then. My acoustic went to America and back in the hold of a plane and it never even went out of tune. I weigh close to 16 stone and I could jump up and down on it and throw it off a cliff and the guitar would still be undamaged and probably still in tune.
    
    Tom.
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