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Internal emails reveal Ticketmaster helped scalpers jack up prices
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:11 am
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:11 am
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The Federal Trade Commission sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Thursday, alleging that the companies tacitly worked with scalpers to profit from jacking up ticket prices on the secondary market.
As the FTC alleged in a press release, Ticketmaster's years of turning a blind eye to scalpers violated the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, costing customers "billions in inflated prices and additional fees." Further, artists' efforts to keep event costs low were repeatedly frustrated by executives' greedy bid to drive Ticketmaster revenue by reaping as many additional fees as possible, the FTC alleged.
Rather than blocking scalping, Ticketmaster allegedly provided tech support to help so-called brokers exceed "fake" ticket limits that seemingly only applied to genuine customers buying tickets to see events.
The FTC's investigation revealed that five of the biggest brokers controlled thousands of fake or purchased Ticketmaster accounts buying hundreds of thousands of event tickets and making it impossible for fans to "have a shot at buying fair-priced tickets," FTC chair Andrew Ferguson said.
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Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:13 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
No shite
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:13 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
someone trying to recoup their covid losses
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:15 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Wonder when we can expect federal conspiracy indictments
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:17 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
If people are willing to pay it i dont care
Its not gas or milk
Sports tickets are a luxury item.
The markup on a louis vuitton purse is like 1000% and people dont say its gouging
Its not gas or milk
Sports tickets are a luxury item.
The markup on a louis vuitton purse is like 1000% and people dont say its gouging
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:19 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
How they skirt antitrust laws is beyond me. They are the definition of a monopoly.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:24 am to Cosmo
Eh, I smell what you're stepping in, but there's a monopoly on tickets and something has to be done about it.
Louis Vuitton owns their product, Ticketmaster doesn't own shite. They're an easily replaceable middleman.
Louis Vuitton owns their product, Ticketmaster doesn't own shite. They're an easily replaceable middleman.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:24 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
It’s been going on for decades
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:24 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Hope they get put out of business.
Big Corporate national multi-family owners getting sued for colluding on rent increases too.
Big Corporate national multi-family owners getting sued for colluding on rent increases too.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:25 am to NYNolaguy1
100% agree.
You cant ever pay the "real" price b/c you can't get to the real price.
You cant ever pay the "real" price b/c you can't get to the real price.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:26 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
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Internal emails reveal Ticketmaster helped scalpers jack up prices
Good. Now let's see if anything actually fricking happens to change the broken system.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:27 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Anyone who has tried to buy tickets at the time of release has known this forever. The "verified resale" generated more fees for them, while screwing the normal buyer and rewarding the bot buyer.
Frick Ticketmaster
Frick Ticketmaster
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:37 am to CocomoLSU
The artists love Ticketmaster. They make more money and TM gets to be the boogeyman.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:44 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
A shitty company helped shitty people do something really shitty. I'm shocked
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:51 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:55 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Burn'em
Posted on 9/22/25 at 11:10 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Pearl Jam was right 30 years ago.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 11:12 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
I'm looking forward to the $3.50 check I'll get from the class action lawsuit.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 11:17 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
The entire process is a freaking scam.
I was looking at two tickets for my son and I to attend a Cowboys game last year, I know I know they should be free because the Cowboys suck.
But the only decent seats (below the huge screen) were $750.00 each with about $320.00 in "fees", Frick that.
I was looking at two tickets for my son and I to attend a Cowboys game last year, I know I know they should be free because the Cowboys suck.
But the only decent seats (below the huge screen) were $750.00 each with about $320.00 in "fees", Frick that.
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