Vivid Seats Accused of Using Bait-and-Switch Scheme
Vivid Seats is being accused of using a bait-and-switch scheme to take advantage of consumers by promising “the industry’s best ticket prices,” but then charging original ticket price. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because we wrote about it recently as a new perk on the Capital One Savor Card.
Plaintiff Howard Derdiger reportedly experienced this scheme in December 2018. Derdiger says he received an email advertising a 10 percent discount, prompting him to purchase four tickets to a Bob Seger concert totaling $1,269.08. Upon purchasing the tickets, Derdiger realized that his tickets cost $245 a piece instead of the $220 ticket price that was reportedly advertised. He was allegedly not given a refund despite complaining to the company, as per TopClassActions.
The Vivid Seats class action says Derdiger would not have purchased the tickets had he known that the ticket prices were falsely represented. The problem has reportedly affected numerous consumers. let us know if you have purchased tickets from Vivid Seats in the past ans whther you have noticed this bait-and-switch scheme they’re being accused of.
The Vivid Seat Bait and Switch Class Action Lawsuit is Derdiger v. Vivid Seats LLC, Case No. 1:19-cv-01904, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Vivid seats ruined my birthday by giving us tickets to a different section of a concert…. went from the best seats somewhere middle of the floor in front of the stage, to the worst seats, so bad the speakers were facing away from us and the stage could not be seen. It was so horrible from the last experience I had seeing Trans Siberian Orchestra, I had to get up and leave. My dad paid $450 for these tickets, originally $550 for the good seats, then given $100 back for the alternate tickets and they swore up and down they would be comparable. Spent 3 hours traveling for this failed day, $20 in parking, and $35 on shoddy food before realizing the horror of the situation. Thanks Vivid Seats. This was supposed to be a special day from my dad.
Actually, Howard agreed to pay $317 for each ticket. And we can plainly see that $317 > $245 > $220. Does the plaintiff have a problem with first grade math?
Vivid Seats is the worst.
Commented on this shoddy firm as soon as the affiliation was advertised. Hopefully readers paid heed.