They say that the actual total price has to be displayed from the beginning.
If Ticketmaster wants to break down a $250 concert ticket as $180 for the ticket and $70 for an issuing fee, that's fine. But since the fee is mandatory, they have to advertise it as $250, not $180.
They still get the same amount of money but people aren't being lied to, and are better able to make smart decisions about what to buy without having to wade through a morass of fine print.
Well, yes, the only reason the fee exists is so they can break it out of the price for a lower sticker price while recieving the same revenue. If it needs to be included in the sticker price, then there's no reason for ticketmaster to designate it a seperate fee at all
They say that the actual total price has to be displayed from the beginning.
If Ticketmaster wants to break down a $250 concert ticket as $180 for the ticket and $70 for an issuing fee, that's fine. But since the fee is mandatory, they have to advertise it as $250, not $180.
They still get the same amount of money but people aren't being lied to, and are better able to make smart decisions about what to buy without having to wade through a morass of fine print.