New push to protect concert, sporting event ticket buyers

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wtop - 2/26/2017 - Kathy Stewart - Instead of losing hundreds of dollars on tickets, laws are on the books in New York and Colorado that give “property rights” to consumers if they buy a ticket to a concert or sporting event and end up not being able to attend that event. The idea is to end restrictive ticket policies and protect resale rights for consumers. The New York and Colorado laws allow consumers to resell the ticket or even give it away instead of having to eat the cost. Ticket giants such as Ticketmaster have restrictions make it difficult to resell the ticket or give it away. Similar “property rights” ticket legislation recently passed in Virginia and is waiting on the governor’s signature. Read more @ http://wtop.com/consumer-news/2017/02/n ... et-buyers/