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Ticketmaster delists Ontario resale tickets after omnibus budget bill passed (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Ticketmaster Canada is delisting resale tickets that customers have posted for Ontario events.

The platform's spokesperson Shabnum Durrani says it removed the seats to comply with incoming provincial legislation that will cap the price of resale tickets at face value.

The company says customers will be able to relist their tickets next week when the platform will have updated its resale marketplace.

Durrani says Ticketmaster has been notifying customers of the changes.

The move comes after the Ontario government passed its budget bill, which included the resale ticket price cap, but the bill has yet to receive royal assent.

The price cap follows consumer complaints about tickets to popular events, such as the last World Series and Taylor Swift's Eras tour, being scooped up by resellers who posted seats for several times their face value.

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[–] 19 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Oh, noes. Ticketmaster won't be allowed to scalp their own tickets. Boohoo.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Watch them scalp from the original price.

    1. You buy a ticket for 100 plus 20 in "processing fees".

    2. Then you go and resell it for 100, and you can't claim back the 20 on processing fees.

    3. Ticket master then sell the tickets for you but take 50 for the sale "for processing".

    4. And then whoever bought the tocket gets chargea 20 in process fees as well.

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    • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    At least the article mentions it follows Ford scrapping previous caps. However I wish they mentioned it at the start.

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    [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    So, ticket sales will now just go somewhere else.

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    [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Good. No one should profit from scarcity.

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    [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I stopped attending events where ticketmaster or live nation were involved because of the ludicrous middle-man markups. The fans don't want it. The artists don't want it. But here we are. Now, looking back, I can watch all of those concerts on YouTube for free. Thanks Ticketmaster!!!

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