Richard Blumenthal says company acts like it has ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ as records show it upping fees to cut losses
Senators slammed Ticketmaster for raising ticket fees following a regulatory crackdown on hidden charges as revealed in a report by the Guardian last week.
The Federal Trade Commission last May began requiring Ticketmaster to disclose concert ticket fees upfront – a practice known as all-in pricing. The company eliminated the order processing fee it charged at the the end of a transaction to comply with the rule.
But documents obtained by the Guardian in public records requests show how Ticketmaster simply raised other fees so it wouldn’t lose money.
Did anyone imagine it would go any other way? That’s like:
The law: “You can’t sell crack pipes.”
The store: “I don’t. I sell flowers that come in a complementary crack-pipe-shaped glass container.”
Its not for weed, everyone smokes tobacco through a bong-- I mean a glass water tobacco pipe.
For a while there in DC you’d buy a $50 cookie and get a gram of weed free with purchase.
I think 50 for a gram is the worst deal I’ve ever heard of, that better be a really good fucking cookie
I’m sure a lot of that was the delivery fee.
That and they knew they could overcharge my white ass because I don’t know how to buy drugs.