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Alleged Gibson CEO Possibly Responds To $10k Contest Story

Brand new Consumerist reader Mosten posted a comment including the following response that's allegedly from Gibson's CEO regarding the $10,000 prize they never made good on to an NYC hip-hop artist. We have no way of verifying whether this response is legit, but thought it was worth sharing for those who are following the story. More »

9:31 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Chris Walters
9,755 views, 45 comments

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Gibson Screws Musician Out Of $10,000 Worth Of Equipment

A musician named Tonedeff won the Lolapalooza Last Band Standing contest in 2006. Part of the prize package was "$10,000 worth of equipment from our friends at Gibson. (yes, believe it!)." Well, Tonedeff believed it, and he's spent the last year and a half trying to get Gibson to make good on their promise. As Tonedeff notes on his blog, maybe he should have seen this coming when Don Pitts—Gibson's Ambassador of Empty Promises (shown above with devil eyes)—told him, "I mean, this is kind of weird, because you know, you DON'T play the guitar or drums." More »

10:43 AM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Chris Walters
83,490 views, 113 comments

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