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StandUpIfYouHateChelsea
02-10-2009, 01:15 PM
Good news!

Ticketmaster faces $500-million class-action lawsuit


Suit alleges company violates anti-scalping laws by diverting tickets from its main website to its online auction.

A $500-million class-action lawsuit was launched against Ticketmaster Monday over allegations that the popular ticket seller violates Canada's anti-scalping laws.
Launched Monday by law firms Sutts, Strosberg in Toronto and Branch McMaster in Vancouver, the lawsuit claims Ticketmaster "conspired to divert tickets to popular events" from its main website to its own ticket auction website, www.TicketsNow.com.
"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," said Luciana Brasil of Branch McMaster in a statement.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of all Ontario customers who bought tickets through Ticketmaster or TicketsNow.com from and after Feb. 9, 2007.
"It is reasonable to expect consumers to be curious about the process by which tickets are sold to them," said Jay Strosberg of Sutts, Strosberg. "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 representing plaintiff in the lawsuit also claims that he had recently bought two concert tickets for $533.65 including service charges on TicketsNow.com.
The lawyers are claiming that their client would have only had to pay $133.00 for the pair if they were available on Ticketmaster's main website. The plaintiff says he was directed to the more expensive tickets by Ticketmaster. The lawsuit also claims that the additional fees and surcharges violate Ontario's anti-scalping laws, the statement said.
"We expect a very large number of claimants," Brasil said. "We're just estimating the damages."
Strosberg and Brasil plan to ask an Ontario judge to allow one plaintiff to represent all the other ticket buyers in a group lawsuit. A hearing for the certification motion hasn't been set.

-http://www.canada.com/Ticketmaster+faces+million+class+action+lawsuit/1273115/story.html




I can say im joining this , last year i went on ticketmaster to buy tickets. i was re-directed to tickets now where they charged some ridiculous rates .

Join the lawsuit here
http://www.ticketmasterclassaction.com/

Shaughno
02-10-2009, 01:17 PM
Check off topic where there is already a thread on this.

werewolf
02-10-2009, 01:18 PM
and in the scalper thread.