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wahyinghung 02-09-2009 10:51 PM

Ticketmaster faces Canadian class-action lawsuit over ticketsnow.com
 
Ticketmaster Canada is facing a $500-million class-action suit from consumers who allege tickets are being diverted away from ticketmaster.ca to be sold on Ticketmaster's more expensive ticket-brokering site, ticketsnow.com.

The lawsuit, launched in Toronto today, contends that the selling of tickets on ticketsnow.com contravenes Ontario's anti-scalping legislation. It also alleges that fees and surcharges levied by Ticketmaster violate Ontario laws.

Henryk Krajewski, a Toronto resident who bought two concert tickets for $533.65 (including service charges) is the initiating plaintiff. His tickets would have cost him $133 on ticketmaster.ca if they had been available. Instead, Ticketmaster's website directed him to ticketsnow.com.

"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," said Jay Strosberg of Toronto's Sutts Strosberg LLP, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiff. Vancouver's Branch McMaster is also on the file.

Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have anti-scalping laws. B.C. does not.

The suit is filed on behalf of all people who bought tickets for an event in Ontario from Ticketmaster or ticketsnow.com from Feb. 9, 2007 to present.

Ticketmaster did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/story.html?id=1270364

flawless 02-10-2009 01:14 AM

Yeah fuck ticketmaster.

411ken 02-10-2009 07:05 AM

Stupid Ticketmaster! Hope they get f'd over this....

And Flawless, your sig is funny hahah

flameboy54 02-10-2009 07:32 AM

Ya, it's about time someone stuck it to TM. Between them and the fuckin scalpers, the *real* fans of the artists that come through have been fucked up the ass.

On a side note, scalping should be illegal not only in BC but across all provinces.

hk20000 02-10-2009 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flameboy54 (Post 6273343)
Ya, it's about time someone stuck it to TM. Between them and the fuckin scalpers, the *real* fans of the artists that come through have been fucked up the ass.

On a side note, scalping should be illegal not only in BC but across all provinces.

flip that around scalping is legal in BC but not in other provinces. :haha:

blkgsr 02-10-2009 08:07 AM

ticketmasters horrible...hope they get ass raped on this one

Presto 02-10-2009 08:27 AM

Fuck... i wish i owned Ticketmaster.

Durrann1984 02-10-2009 10:06 AM

livenations might buy ticketmaster

Vansterdam 02-10-2009 10:29 AM

serves them fucken right

Inaii 02-10-2009 10:31 AM

Live Nation has been trying to buy out Ticketmaster for years.

Wykydtron 02-10-2009 06:37 PM

Livenation isn't buying Tixmaster. As big of a company that they are, I highly doubt that they can buy out tixmaster. From what I heard the 2 are going to kinda merge and work together to fuck everyone over even more-so.

But right on, fuck Ticketmaster. Bunch of fucking scam-artists taking advantage of people.

HonestTea 02-10-2009 09:27 PM

FUCK TICKETMASTER!


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