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Should I Take The Case?

A weekly feature in which I ask readers if I should mediate a case.

She wanted an apology from Marriott for allowing thieves into the hotel his wife and daughter were staying in, he says.

Should Marriott apologize for this purse-snatching incident?

February 2, 2024April 6, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

She wanted an apology from Marriott for allowing thieves into the hotel his wife and daughter were staying in, he says.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
fundamental disconnect between a customer and a company? You end up with a case where everyone is right -- and everyone is also wrong.

How can JetBlue be so wrong — and so right?

August 11, 2025March 30, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

fundamental disconnect between a customer and a company? You end up with a case where everyone is right — and everyone is also wrong.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Jo Ann Good had no idea that her Avis rental would spontaneously combust into flames on the road to Montpellier, France.

How was she supposed to know her car would spontaneously combust?

February 1, 2024March 23, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Should I Take The Case?
In early June, room rates at the five-star Plaza Hotel start at about $725 a night. So when Mania Baghdadi found a $119 rate.

A room at the Plaza Hotel for $119 a night? Where do I book?

February 1, 2024March 16, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

In early June, room rates at the five-star Plaza Hotel start at about $725 a night. So when Mania Baghdadi found a $119 rate.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
The $50 voucher Spirit Airlines offered Suzanne Marra for her troubles may have expired, but her anger is undiminished. And I really can't blame her.

This Spirit Airlines flight disaster should never have happened

February 1, 2024March 9, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

The $50 voucher Spirit Airlines offered her for her troubles may have expired, but her anger is undiminished. And I really can’t blame her.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
I want to help Krista Krauss. I think she deserves to be helped. And when you start an email with "You are my last hope."

“You are my last hope”

January 29, 2024February 2, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

I want to help Krista Krauss. I think she deserves to be helped. And when you start an email with “You are my last hope.”

Categories Should I Take The Case?
It's like a scene from the 80s classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Minus the Ferrari, maybe. And the Star Wars soundtrack.

He parked his car and they took it for a joyride

January 29, 2024January 19, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

It’s like a scene from the 80s classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Minus the Ferrari, maybe. And the Star Wars soundtrack.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
The "Sandals difference" is that this chain of all-inclusive "luxury" resorts offers "the most romantic getaways with quality inclusions."

Not the “Sandals difference” she was hoping for

September 25, 2024January 12, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

The “Sandals difference” is that this chain of all-inclusive “luxury” resorts offers “the most romantic getaways with quality inclusions.”

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Today marks the beginning of a new journey, as Elliott becomes a general consumer advocacy site. "Should I Take This Case?"

What should I do with all of these Lenovo cases?

January 29, 2024January 5, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Today marks the beginning of a new journey, as Elliott becomes a general consumer advocacy site. “Should I Take This Case?”

Categories Should I Take The Case?
"We feel like we were taken advantage of," says Mike Sevier, who recently flew on US Airways. "Scammed at worst."

He paid for a first-class seat, but it didn’t last all the way to Portland

January 29, 2024December 22, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

“We feel like we were taken advantage of,” says Mike Sevier, who recently flew on US Airways. “Scammed at worst.”

Categories Should I Take The Case?
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