Gripevine in the Media
Not getting your complaint heard? Read these tips from the man who made a complaint and got millions to listen.
Dave Carroll watched as airline staff recklessly tossed his guitar around the tarmac. His precious instrument was broken. Snubbed by customer service, he created “United Breaks Guitars,” a video seen by over 12 million viewers. He now helps people complain effectively.
1. Ladies and gentleman, please remain calm
Remember that the customer-service person you speak to is not the person who caused your complaint. They are likely wage earners, paid to share bad news with customers. Killing the messenger won’t help your situation, and it could hurt your effort.
As our nation has evolved from a predominately manufacturing-based economy to a service-based and, then, to a tech-based economy, our overall quality of service has deteriorated and our methodology has changed.
We have become remarkably adept at handling customer service problems and complaints after the fact but sadly inept in preventing them at the point of sale…or have we?
How would you like someone fighting your battles for you? We found websites devoted to doing just that.
From complaints about wireless service, used car lots, pet care companies, new online resolution sites claim they can help fix your problems.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – What if solving a dispute with a business was as easy as just typing it up online?
As 3 On Your Side consumer reporter Jim Donovan finds, more and more consumers are heading to the internet to resolve their complaints.
When Neal Alderson’s expensive sunglasses broke in half he requested a replacement pair from the maker, but all he got was a run-around.
So, he posted this gripe on Gripevine.com
We've seen a growing number of people taking to social media to air their troubles. They're posting complaints on Facebook or posting videos on you tube.
Now, internet sites are capitalizing on the trend and offering digital dispute resolution.
Neal Alderson says when his expensive sunglasses broke in half he requested a replacement pair from the maker.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Trying to get a refund or a replacement for a product that has already been paid for is something that everybody has experienced, but some companies are notorious for giving customers the runaround and making satisfaction hard to come by.
Neal Alderson recently told CBS 2′s Dana Tyler that he was struggling to get his pricey sunglasses fixed, until he posted a complaint on a site called Gripevine.
Forget dialing an 800-number to complain, and don’t even think about writing an old-fashioned letter. If you want a business to take notice of your bad experience, and actually do something to make it right, use social media.
I recently featured a background piece on Dave Carroll, creator of the 2009 viral video titled ‘United Breaks Guitars‘. The saga of his guitar-crushing trip and ensuing (successful) struggle to get satisfaction from United Airlines, have become a case study, par excellence, of consumer power in the age of social media. Here is Part 2 of the interview with a focus on Gripevine.com, the start-up platform that grew out of Dave’s one man crusade.
You don’t want to mess with Dave Carroll and his $3,500 Taylor guitar. That was a lesson United Airlines learned the hard way when Dave’s music video “United Breaks Guitars” became a YouTube hit back in 2009. After his video on United’s customer service fiasco went viral, Dave saw an awesome way of turning his lemons to lemonade: a startup he called Gripevine.
If there is a human agent of that fear, it is Dave Carroll, a 44-year-old folk-pop musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since 2009, Carroll--the victimized United Airlines customer behind "United Breaks Guitars"--has become an accidental self-help guru for brands in need of social media therapy. He travels around the world giving keynotes to Fortune 500 companies with the sobering, if not inspirational, message that at minimum, every brand needs to listen and respond to its customers on social media (and not in auto-reply mode). Last spring, he released his first book, which takes its title from his song.
Texas Living — KTXD-TV featured the launch of Gripevine, as well as Dave’s advice regarding how social media is impacting consumers.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - The man who complained about an airline breaking his guitar back in 2009 via a catchy country song has helped start up a social media venue for griping about customer service. Enter Gripevine.
Maybe you had experienced that customer service this season. This website can help give your boss heard. WGN News at Five — WGN-TV featured the launch of Gripevine, as well as Dave’s advice regarding how social media is impacting consumers.
The Customer Is Always Right Gripevine, a site where you can complain about customer service and review companies, just launched an updated version of their site. It now includes ratings and reviews. The same team also launched Resolution 1, a tool for businesses that lets them manage feedback from multiple sources at once.
When you think of “women” and “customer service,” is the first image that comes to mind a smiling, headset-wearing woman in a low-level customer service job meekly taking guff from a grumpy caller? Think again.
If you pit the wisdom of the masses against Judge Judy, who would win? If Lance Soskin has anything to say about it, online dispute resolution may one day displace traditional arbitration and mediation to help people avoid the hassle and cost of going to court.
Musician Dave Carroll made headlines in 2009 when he posted a video to YouTube complaining about how his guitar was broken during a United Airlines flight and the airline company’s poor response.
WASHINGTON - More people are shopping online than ever before and Amazon.com is a very popular website for buying almost anything. However, with all the third-party merchants selling through Amazon, how do you know you can trust the company?
Gripevine, an online platform that lets consumers voice their complaints and directly solve them with companies online, lanched a new version of its website this week, with new features that help consumers review and rate companies. Co-founder Dave Carroll (of United Breaks Guitars YouTube video fame) is also launching a new, standalone product called Resolution1 with co-founder Robert Ramage. This new platform is a cloud-based resolution dashboard that integrates with a company’s website through their customer service or Contact Us sections.
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19 Action News at Five — WOIO-TV featured the launch of Gripevine, as well as Dave’s advice regarding how social media is impacting consumers on their show.
A couple of years ago, a musician encountered some trouble while flying on United Airlines and his property got damaged. When attempting to get the proper customer support wasn’t possible, he took to social media and created a YouTube sensation called “United Breaks Guitars“. The jaunty tune caught on like wildfire and it was shared practically everywhere. The airline clearly heard what was going on.
In our latest Gripe of the Week, Macy's customer and Gripevine user snlover experiences one of the classic frustrations of trying to resolve a customer service issue: getting caught in a seemingly endless cycle of call centre representatives who seem ill-equipped to present an answer to their problem. The customer becomes increasingly emotional, which tends to make it even more difficult for the representative to work with the consumer to find an amicable solution to the problem, and the vicious cycle leaves everyone involved feeling stressed and disillusioned.
Got a problem with a business? Musician Dave Carroll sure did after a baggage handler broke his guitar, which famously led him onto YouTube with a 2009 song that quickly went viral, and then into entrepreneurship with a startup called Gripevine.
Customer complaint startup Gripevine has launched a new product called Resolution1 that takes on the similarly named Radian6 in the space of listening to customers on social media channels and helping them with issues.
The holiday shopping season is upon us, and this week's Gripe of the Week addresses an issue that's especially relevant this time of year: online shopping and shipping. Gripevine user Mad Mike ordered nearly 300 chess sets and paid for expedited shipping only to find out he'd been sent 300 games of checkers instead. It seemed like the "pawnzi scheme" was set. Check and mate. Toyland acknowledged the mix-up did arrange for a return and refund on the cost of the product, but would not reimburse him for the extra shipping costs he had incurred by requesting a rushed shipment.
Need something to walk you through Cyber Monday? We got you covered!
Watch Fox 10 Arizona Morning — KSAZ-TV featuring the launch of Gripevine, as well as Dave’s advice regarding how social media is impacting consumers on their show. Click below to watch the video.
FOX 4 Morning Show — WDAF-TV featured the launch of Gripevine and how the platform is a useful CRM tool during the hectic holiday season.
PHOENIX - Have you ever had a complaint about something and were on hold forever, waiting to talk to a representative? Website Gripevine.com claims to get your problem resolved and deal with all your gripes They hear it up the gripe-vine: complaint after complaint, except instead of the familiar run around and "will you please hold", Gripevine prides itself on action.
