"Ticketmaster's service is not superior or reliable the massive disaster of the Taylor Swift presale is evidence enough of this," the lawsuit reads. Julie Barfuss, the lead plaintiff, told the Post that she had taken the day off work to buy tickets, and tried to check out some 41 times - so many times, in fact, that a customer service agent she chatted with told her the website had identified her as a bot.īarfuss didn't manage to get any of the tickets in her cart, though her card did get charged thousands of dollars for all 41 attempts (the charges were later scrubbed). It's Been a Minute Taylor Swift is peak millennial vibes It seeks $2,500 for every violation of California's Unfair Competition Law, which prohibits false advertising and illegal business practices. "Defendant's anticompetitive behavior has substantially harmed and will continue to substantially harm Taylor Swift fans, as well as competition in the ticket sales marker and the Secondary Ticket Services Market," it reads. It alleges that the ticketing platform has a monopoly on primary and secondary markets and accuses it of engaging in fraudulent practices and various antitrust violations, including price discrimination and price fixing. Lawyers for the 26 plaintiffs, who live in 13 states across the U.S., filed the complaint in L.A. ![]() ![]() More than two dozen disappointed Swifties have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, of fraud, misrepresentation and antitrust violations over its botched Eras Tour ticket sale. Taylor Swift fans are dressing for revenge - or at least legal damages. Taylor Swift poses with her trophies at the 50th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles in November, just days after the botched ticket presale.
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