A lawsuit filed by the Washington, D.C., attorney general alleges StubHub deceives consumers using 'drip pricing' and other misleading sales tactics.
Online events platform StubHub is using predatory sales tactics to illegally mislead consumers into shelling out more for tickets, prosecutors allege in new lawsuit. Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb claimed in a complaint that StubHub is tricking consumers by hiding mandatory fees until just before shoppers make a purchase. These fees can boost the total cost of a ticket by 40%, the lawsuit alleges.
, have paid a total of $118 million in hidden fees to StubHub.Schwalb's office wants to stop StubHub from using these tactics, as well as to recoup the $118 million in fees that people have paid to the company to buy tickets to D.C. events.The Biden administration has vowed to battle junk fees, which cost shoppers $29 billion each year in excessive charges, according to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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