Ticketmaster Raises Other Fees After US Crackdown on Hidden Charges
Documents obtained by The Guardian reveal that Ticketmaster increased different fees to offset revenue loss after a US crackdown on hidden charges, following regulations banning surprise fees.
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Ticketmaster quietly raised other fees after US crackdown on hidden charges
Documents obtained by Guardian show company increased different fees to ‘offset revenue loss’ from FTC rule change Following a wave of regulations banning the surprise fees that appear at the end of a transaction, Ticketmaster stopped charging the extra few dollars it added to each order at checkout. Typically shared with the venue, the order processing fee was a boon to a global platform that sells hundreds of millions of tickets a year. But documents obtained by the Guardian show that while...
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