UK watchdog threatens Ticketmaster with legal action over way Oasis tickets were sold | Competition and Markets Authority

The British competition keeper wrote days before the start of the most popular and profitable concerts in British history to sell more than 900,000 tickets for the re -merger round, which threatened the legal process to Ticketmaster.

In March, the competition and market authority (CMA) issued concerns that Tickets may have paid more than £ more than £ more than £ 150 for tickets with £ 150, and the tickets for the return concerts of the band renovated last August.

In response, Ticketmaster said that the ticket sales process has made changes in “some aspects”. However, CMA said they were not enough to resolve their concerns.

CMA told Tickets to relieve his concerns.

In a letter to the Business and Trade Election Committee investigating ticket pricing, competition and consumer protection, CMA said that he received a response from Tickets this month.

“After carefully thinking about Ticketmaster’s response, CMA’s opinion is a fundamental disagreement as to see if Ticketmaster’s practices violate the consumer law,” he said. published Wednesday.

“Ticketmaster refused to provide attempts under the conditions sought by CMA or stated that there was a kind of attempt to prepare to offer.”

CMA is concerned that the ticketing company has violated the consumer protection law by label certain seats as “platinum ve and has sold approximately 2.5 times the price of 2.5 times the price of standard equivalent tickets, and that they do not offer enough additional benefits and that a stadium is usually in the same area with standard tickets.

Regulator also said that fans are not informed that they are a category of tickets standing at different prices and that they would pay much higher prices than expected in online queues.

Furthermore, although Ticketmaster could not find evidence that he used an algorithmic “dynamic” pricing model during the sale of oasis, consumers were worried that he was “clear and timely information about how the pricing of the standing tickets would work”.

CMA said that the failure of the consultation process with Ticketmaster means that it is now in a position to look at legal action.

“CMA wrote to Ticket to confirm that it is now fulfilling the obligation to consult Ticket to Ticktaster and that no attempt is offered or accepted, and that it was not prepared to sue if necessary,” he said.

“In parallel, CMA will continue to interact with Ticketmaster to provide a voluntary resolution if it makes a clear and on time to make it.”

After years of fragile relations, Christmas and Liam Gallagher again bring together the highly anticipated tour, Cardiff will begin on Friday.

Ticketmaster was approached for a comment.