Ticketmaster at it again..
The Guardian
Would-be concertgoers said they had only minutes to decide whether to pay £355 for tickets on Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster may have breached consumer laws by failing to warn Oasis fans that the price of tickets might soar while they were queueing, experts have said, as it emerged that the company plans to apply “dynamic pricing” more widely.
Excitement about the Mancunian band’s long-awaited reunion tour descended into dismay and outrage over the weekend after fans complained that tickets for 17 shows in 2025, expected to make millions for the Gallagher brothers, were hiked up without warning.
Dynamic pricing, which is common in the US but relatively unusual in the UK and Ireland, meant that some fans queued all day long only to find that £135 standing tickets had risen to £355 when the time came to confirm their purchase.
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