Ticketmaster faces class action lawsuit over Drake ticket prices
nme.comDrake’s upcoming tour.The Montreal-based law firm LPC Avocat Inc., which focuses on the protection of consumer rights, argued in the suit that the ticketing giant “intentionally misleads consumers for their own financial gain.”According to the filing, which was obtained by the Toronto Star, a Montreal man bought two ‘official platinum’ seats for a Drake show at the Bell Centre, which is set to take place on July 14, for $789.54 (£469.46) each.
The following day, a second show was allegedly added to Ticketmaster for July 15 with the same seats costing $350 (£208.11) less.LPC Avocat Inc.
alleged that Ticketmaster knew in advance that the second Drake show would be added but “concealed” the information in order to “squeeze out” as much money as possible from fans.
It also alleges that the ‘official platinum’ seats were ordinary seats sold “at an artificially inflated premium in bad faith.”“Ticketmaster unilaterally decides which tickets it advertises and sells as ‘official platinum’ based on a given event,” read the application for the lawsuit.
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