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| Quoting greggariouspdx (Reply 5): As it turned out, the missing set was discovered after being miscounted. Perhaps a better Inventory Control System is called for. |
| Quoting slcdeltarumd11 (Reply 1): I am sure no one took them, its not like south america has a high crime rate or anything |
| Quoting rta (Reply 48): Too bad someone walked away with them. |
| Quoting ukoverlander (Reply 51): How do you know an American didn't steal them? |
| Quoting ukoverlander (Reply 53): Last time I checked reply 1 (the reply that I read and was responding to) comes before reply 5. |
| Quoting FLALEFTY (Reply 18): But the embarrassment of having to explain that unexpected, $300 (Bose retail) AA charge to the corporate travel department for the cans pinched, might go a long way in discouraging such deviant behavior in the future. |
| Quoting FLALEFTY (Reply 14): That would make perfect sense to me! That and do a credit card and/or Apple Pay scan per passenger when handing these $300 Bose cans out. |
| Quoting ltbewr (Reply 58): Accusing 1st class pax of theft is not good business practice. The Purser should do recounts, double check any paperwork and if still believe a headset is missing, find a discrete way to seek out who has retained them. |
| Quoting FLALEFTY (Reply 14): Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 10): Simple fix. Just put numbers and assign them to seat numbers. Hey 5A where are you headphones bro. That would make perfect sense to me! That and do a credit card and/or Apple Pay scan per passenger when handing these $300 Bose cans out. If you don't give them back, you pay for them anyway. And we wonder why we can't have nice things on airplanes? |
| Quoting slcdeltarumd11 (Reply 1): The FAs maybe should mark each passengers seat number as they give them out and accept them as returns |
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| Quoting lpdal (Reply 47): The headphones pictured above did not have three prongs, just the normal one prong. -LPDAL |
| Quoting Revelation (Reply 6): Yep, and yesterday someone here said window shades that were disabled were "Purgatory". |
| Quoting EIDL (Reply 34): They're $40 (if even) headphones with a $300 brand name on them and you can bet that AA are not paying $300 for them. Due to how over-valued Bose is as a brand I'd actually be looking for them to pay the airline to carry them if I was in that position. |
| Quoting EIDL (Reply 34): Beats are a bigger con than Bose but this is the wrong forum to go in to that... |
| Quoting spacecadet (Reply 46): Sennheiser's noise cancelling headphones cost *more* than Bose's, and aren't rated as highly. There are some things Bose is good at. |
| Quoting etops1 (Reply 62): We are required to collect the headsets 60 min prior to arrival . |
| Quoting mah4546 (Reply 23): No they use the three prongs. I fly AA all the time and use them. AA has a second headset port for people who bring their own. |
| Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 24): I am fairly sure you could get these rewired at any shady electronics store for under 20 dollars, or by yourself if you know how. |
| Quoting chrisp390 (Reply 35): Why would they not just permanently attach them to the particular seat so they can be used while sitting in the seat but cannot be removed from it due to the wire being permanently attached? |
| Quoting greggariouspdx (Reply 43): The Purser seemed to forget to announce that the headphones had been found. I was informed of this by AA Flight Services when I contacted them to report how unprofessional this woman was. I was told that the headphones had been found after a "Recount" and that the Purser was "under review." |
| Quoting ltbewr (Reply 58): Accusing 1st class pax of theft is not good business practice. The Purser should do recounts, double check any paperwork and if still believe a headset is missing, find a discrete way to seek out who has retained them. |
| Quoting peanuts (Reply 67): The responsibility of spycho FA is AA's. They put that burden on him/her and this person clearly couldn't handle it. A letter of apology to your customers plus some goodwill miles would be in order. |
| Quoting EIDL (Reply 34): The brand name. Nothing else They're $40 (if even) headphones with a $300 brand name on them and you can bet that AA are not paying $300 for them. Due to how over-valued Bose is as a brand I'd actually be looking for them to pay the airline to carry them if I was in that position. The actual engineering cost of an exceptional pair of headphones does not exceed $100. It hasn't done so for years and never will again. I can get Sennheiser headphones precision-made in my own country (Ireland, even dearer labour wise than what you can get away with as marking "Made in the USA") to an extremely high quality for about $80 for instance. Beats are a bigger con than Bose but this is the wrong forum to go in to that... |
| Quoting AA777223 (Reply 77): There are plenty of headphones that cost more than this - and cost more to manufacture. Just because you listen to $80-90 Sennheiser doesn't mean they all cost that much. I use Shure for example. They cost a lot more than $300, and a lot more than $100 to manufacture. |
| Quoting AA777223 (Reply 77): There are plenty of headphones that cost more than this - and cost more to manufacture. Just because you listen to $80-90 Sennheiser doesn't mean they all cost that much. I use Shure for example. They cost a lot more than $300, and a lot more than $100 to manufacture. |
