TX Attorney General going after Ticket City

[TheTresLeches]

This sounds like a pretty shady business practice.

"Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged an online ticket broker with unlawfully deceiving 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games ticket purchasers. According to the state’s enforcement action, Austin-based TicketCity Inc. initially sold opening ceremonies tickets for $1,250 and promised to double the refund if it failed to deliver the pre-purchased tickets. The defendants initially indicated that purchasers would receive their tickets before the start of the Olympics. Customers, relying on TicketCity guarantees, made hotel reservations and purchased airline tickets to Beijing.

According to court documents, TicketCity did not possess the tickets they were selling online. As a result, in March 2008, TicketCity informed customers they would not be receiving their prepaid tickets and that their purchases would not be honored. The company also refused to honor the 200 percent refunds. Meanwhile, TicketCity salespersons continued to offer opening ceremony tickets at dramatically higher prices. According to an Attorney General undercover investigator, TicketCity representatives offered tickets starting at $7,000 each."
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[Steel Shank]

I wonder if Ticket City has ever done this kinda thing before?

 

[l00p]

 

[Horn-N-LA]

Yikes, I have a friend over there. Doesn't sound good.

 

[Horn_2004]

Hate that place. Good, hope they get in lots of trouble.

 

[DRAG69]

I wish they would run them all out of business and make scalping illegal.

The problem is all of the lawmakers get free tickets from these places all of the time.

 

[l00p]

It would be awesome if this was the beginning of the end and that they got fined a ton of money making their past profits useless. I can dream, right?

It would be also awesome to see those guys with "I Need Tickets" signs with cuffs being carted away. No, you need bail.

 

[Summerof79]

This could be a big problem if the allegations are true. ESPECIALLY if they had tickets for sale at high prices while denying prepaid/guaranteed ticket purchasers.

I sort of look at scalpers now as a permanent 'service charge' on any open market ticket event seating.

 

[Dogbert]

A market driven profit is the American way, but a group that manages to deceive, mislead and defraud deserves a hefty fine and jail time for the proprietors. I assume the AG's office will start looking at the oil companies next?

 

[toughandcool]

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