Misleading Pricing For Sports and Concert Tickets Costs StubHub $1.3 Million Penalty
StubHub, which bills itself as the world’s largest ticket marketplace with tickets available for over 10 million live sports, music and theatre events in more than 40 countries, has agreed to pay a $1.3 million Canadian penalty as part of an agreement with Canada’s Competition Bureau. A Competition Bureau investigation revealed that, after adding mandatory fees charged by StubHub, the original advertised prices for concert and sports tickets were not attainable. These mandatory fees were only revealed at later stages of the purchase, which is at the point at which most consumers would not abandon their purchase. This settlement is ... [more] Full article
Bad news for sports fans is good news for advertisers
With less than a month until Super Bowl LIV, football fans are looking forward to the big game. In a playoff season that has seen some serious upsets (The Patriots ... [more] Full article
Not Disclosing Additional Fees Triggers $4.5 Million Fine for Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster L.L.C., TNow Entertainment Group, Inc. and Ticketmaster Canada LP have settled the lawsuit brought by the Canadian Competition Bureau that alleged that Ticketmaster’s advertised prices were deceptive because consumers ... [more] Full article
Court orders release of consumer complaints about Bell’s marketing practices
The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) to release consumer complaints about Bell’s alleged deceptive marketing practices to the Competition Bureau. The ... [more] Full article
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