Posted on 11/18/2022 9:30:11 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
MINNEAPOLIS -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she would call a Senate hearing to probe Ticketmaster after the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco this week left many fans frustrated and empty handed.
This comes as the company canceled the general public sale of tickets originally scheduled for Friday "due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand." Swift fans sought tickets earlier this week with pre-sale codes and credit card exclusives, a rollout that was beset by technical problems.
Klobuchar, who chairs a Senate subcommittee focused on consumer protection and anti-trust, said she also wants the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate. She already sent a letter to CEO of Ticketmaster expressing "serious concerns about the state of competition in the ticketing industry and its harmful impact on consumers," and seeking answers to direct questions about its operations.
She believes the company, which is the product of a merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation a decade ago, is too big and too powerful.
"There just has to be consequences for this kind of behavior," Klobuchar told WCCO. "Because unlike competitive markets, where you just go down the street if you don't like one store, you go to this store, you go to this grocery store -- you don't have that choice here."
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Thirty years ago, you could go to McDonald’s and order a Quarter Pounder, fries, and a milk shake.
Yep. They used to promise you would get your order in 2 minutes. Ray Kroc must be spinning in his grave.
I've advocated for this for years. The direct election of senatecritters made a fundamental change in the relationship between the several states and FedGov. It has not worked out well for us. 1913: Income Tax, Federal Reserve, 17th amendment.
That entire year needs to be completely repealed.
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