Ticketmaster has settled a Canadian class action suit over fees. Is there something in it for you?
Back in 2018–remember those days?–Ticketmaster was hit with a $6 million class action lawsuit alleging that the company hid the prices of certain fees on tickets–specifically “drip pricing” where more fees were “deceptively added to the ticket price.” Ticketmaster denied any wrongdoing. There was never a trial. But there is this settlement.
In a ruling by Justice Graeme Mitchell, customers affected by any of this are entitled to $45 in Ticketmaster credits on future ticket purchases. It’s a one-time-only thing. About 100,000 people in Saskatchewan and a million people across Canada may be entitled to this credit.
How will you know if you get a piece of this? You’ll get an email from Ticketmaster. It will contain a link where you can secure your $45 credit.
Crystal Watch, the Saskatchewan woman who initiated the legal action, gets a one-time-only honorarium of $25,000. The lawyers who participated in the lawsuit will receive $1,725,000 in fees. That leaves $4.3 million to be divvied up for credits.
I quote Justice Mitchell:
“While this case does not involve a mega-settlement, it has proved to be a legitimate consumer protection lawsuit which could only have been viably prosecuted as a class action. Class counsel deserve an economic incentive for pursuing this claim to its successful resolution.”