US senators rebuke Ticketmaster for raising fees after hidden charge crackdown: ‘bait and switch’
by Rosalind Adams from on (#74PJY)
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.
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