As Blue Jays fans stare down high-priced World Series tickets, can provinces really stop scalpers?
Thousands of Canadians eager to watch the Blue Jays play in the World Series for the first time since 1993, who have dealt with impossibly long lines and exorbitantly high prices, are once again turning their frustrations toward a familiar target — Ticketmaster.
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"Ticketmaster really is a frequent flyer when it comes to these practices of deceiving customers, overcharging and allowing scalpers to jack up the price of tickets," said Keldon Bester, the Ottawa-based executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, a think-tank aimed at addressing monopoly power in Canada.