United States - Ticketmaster and TicketsNow Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Sales Tactics, Refunds for Springsteen Concertgoers Provided; FTC Warns Other Ticket Resellers

The Federal Trade Commission announced it has settled charges that Ticketmaster and its affiliates used deceptive bait-and-switch tactics to sell event tickets to consumers. Ticketmaster has agreed to pay refunds to consumers who bought tickets for 14 Bruce Springsteen concerts in 2009 through its tickets resale Website TicektsNow, and to bo clear about the costs and risks of buying through its reseller sites.

For more information, please go to : http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/02/ticketmaster.shtm.