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

While #Ticketmaster eliminated this an extra fee at checkout to comply with the rules, the company simply raised the cost of different fees in a number of its venues to ensure it didn’t lose money. #consumerripoff

The Age of Recoupment How power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers

" In the 40 years from 1979 to 2019, nonfinancial corporate profits cumulatively drove about 11.4 percent of price growth. From April to September of last year 2023, the number was 53 percent."
#Capitalism #Inflation #ConsumerRipoff 😠😩
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