Tickets Now - 2009 Controversy

2009 Controversy

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In 2009, Suspicion arose when attempted consumers of tickets to a concert by Bruce Springsteen were instantly redirected from Ticketmaster's own site to TicketsNow, only to see the same tickets being sold at premium prices. As a ticket broker owned by Ticketmaster, rumors were abound that Ticketmaster conspired to divert buyers away from the main site at normal prices towards the broker site at inflated prices.

Ticketmaster claims it was a glitch.

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