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Finally....
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| $500 Million Class Action Lawsuit Launched Against Ticketmaster Published: Monday, February 09, 2009 A $500 million class action lawsuit has been launched in Ontario against Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc., Ticketmaster Canada Ltd., TNow Entertainment Group, Inc. and Premium Inventory, Inc. The lawsuit alleges ticketmaster conspired to sell tickets to populare event at inflated prices through a ticket brokerage owned by Ticketmaster. The lawsuit was launched Monday claiming Ticketmaster conspired to divert tickets to popular events away from Ticketmaster's lower priced website (www.ticketmaster.ca) available to the general public. The lawsuit says the general public was diverted to www.ticketsnow.com, which is its ticket brokering website, where the same tickets were sold at a premium price. The suit says the practise of selling tickets for amounts that exceed their face prices contravenes Ontario's anti-scalping legislation. It also says the fees and surcharges issued to customers by Ticketmaster violate Ontario legislation. The lawsuit stems from someone who purchased two concert tickets for $533.65 including service charges but excluding shipping costs. He says the same tickets would have cost him $133.00 on Ticketmaster's website if they had been available. The Ticketmaster website directed him to the more expensive tickets on the TicketsNow website. Luciana Brasil of Branch McMaster, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiff says, "Customers have voiced concerns over the fact that tickets for the most popular events can ostensibly sell out in minutes, only to become immediately available in the secondary market at much higher prices." Jay Strosberg of Sutts Strosberg LLP, another lawyer representing the plaintiff says, "It is reasonable to expect consumers to be curious about the process by which tickets are sold to them." "The mere fact that Ticketmaster has a financial interest in both retail and premium ticket sales leads to an obvious question about the process by which those tickets are sold to members of the public and how it works." The class action was commenced on behalf of all persons who purchased tickets for an event in Ontario from Ticketmaster or through TicketsNow.com from and after February 9, 2007. |
there are so many class action lawsuits currently in place right now against various "injustices" to the public, see: your cellphone System Access Fee, York University Students tuition reimbursement, etc. among others.
I wonder how many of them actually end up being awarded in the plaintiff's case?
Ticketbastard is a scam in general. They are absolutely the worst company running right now. I really don't need to pay 20 dollar service charge for an 80 dollar ticket that I am printing myself! Fuck you Ticketbastards!
Personally, I think its all bullshit and people should be allowed to scalp tickets.
It's simply a case of supply and demand.
If people are willing to pay 10x the face value, then let them. I don't see any issue with it at all (Minus the tax issues involved).
If anything, like Stereo said, the service charges + additional fees is what needs to be fixed.
Why do I have to pay to print the ticket at home using my own printer and ink? Because they lose money that they would gain on shipping charges?
ticketmaster also charges a fee to the ticket seller. double dipping!
scalping is not illegal in Quebec 
these guys can move here 
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| Originally posted by malek scalping is not illegal in Quebec these guys can move here |
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| Originally posted by exstasie Personally, I think its all bullshit and people should be allowed to scalp tickets. It's simply a case of supply and demand. If people are willing to pay 10x the face value, then let them. I don't see any issue with it at all (Minus the tax issues involved). If anything, like Stereo said, the service charges + additional fees is what needs to be fixed. Why do I have to pay to print the ticket at home using my own printer and ink? Because they lose money that they would gain on shipping charges? |
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| Originally posted by VDub I don't have a huge problem with scalping either.... But you go to them when you've had a fair shot at face value or want to do something last minute... Ticket scammer takes artists tickets, and moves them to their own scalper site in the thousands and as soon as they go on sale... We don't get a chance at all at the face price and that's disgusting... |
in my economy class it was funny how the teacher was explaining how scalping is good for the economy
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| Originally posted by malek in my economy class it was funny how the teacher was explaining how scalping is good for the economy |
In my opinion, these fucks & all scalpers should be fried up in oil in front of the masses like the swine they are.
Simple fact of the matter is they're detracting from the art/spectacle while most have no intention of actually seeing/taking in the very event which they just fucked people out of because of the "luck of the draw" that they somehow magically got to the front of the line.
I for one advocate they all receive the treatment I saw at a Bayern Munich game I attended many years ago:
Those who were scalping were beaten openly by the polizei, their tickets were then taken from them & handed to a police organized lineup of fans without tickets. The scalpers were then thrown into the paddy-wagon with those fans who were arrested for drunken hooliganism, etc. The hooligans then had their cuffs removed & were allowed to beat the living shit out of these swine until they arrived at the police station.
Now that's how you curb scalping!
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| Originally posted by The Ear I for one advocate they all receive the treatment I saw at a Bayern Munich game I attended many years ago: Those who were scalping were beaten openly by the polizei, their tickets were then taken from them & handed to a police organized lineup of fans without tickets. The scalpers were then thrown into the paddy-wagon with those fans who were arrested for drunken hooliganism, etc. The hooligans then had their cuffs removed & were allowed to beat the living shit out of these swine until they arrived at the police station. Now that's how you curb scalping! |
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| Originally posted by exstasie But I think its getting better. The average individual has just as much chance of getting tickets these days as everyone else so there is equal opportunity. The concert that created this issue was the Springsteen concert, and I managed to snag a pair of floor seats at this event, but I still had a decent opportunity. |
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| Originally posted by VDub Now... SELL EM FOR 2G'S EACH!!! lol... |
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| Originally posted by exstasie I was thinking about it lol But can't. It's for my GF's dad for his bday lol. But i've done that in the past. I pretty much can guarantee people amazing seats for any concert, and so far have been successful. I done some of the buying tickets and scalping, but I usually end up just selling them to friends at face value cause I know they'd love them. I was surprised to see how many closet Britney Spears fans there were out there lol |
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| Originally posted by VDub Ok so you're the one to call eh?? Remember who built your condo... lol... |
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