05/09/2024
🎫 Comply with consumer protection laws and thou shalt not look back in anger
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) formally opened an investigation into Ticketmaster today stating that they were investigating whether “Ticketmaster has engaged in unfair commercial practices,” whether “people were given clear and timely information to explain that the tickets could be subject to so-called ‘dynamic pricing’ with prices changing depending on demand, and how this would operate, including the price they would pay for any tickets purchased,” and if “people were put under pressure to buy tickets within a short period of time—at a higher price than they understood they would have to pay, potentially impacting their purchasing decisions.”
Source: https://www.avclub.com/oasis-ticketmaster-investigation-uk?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0g90ndlXgysgbdtuGor2Sy4IzugIWb_4wMm9YNHGOi1GUvDmv96Yn1Xgc_aem_zIgahRvigK-mReiBkAj3bw
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