Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Txoj Cai Kev Ruaj Ntseg Ntawm Broadway Ticket Service Tus Nqi Tsis yog txhua yam Nws tau tawg mus ua

Txoj kev tshem tawm cov nqi kev pabcuam ntawm Broadway daim pib tsis yog ncaj nraim li nws zoo li.

Thaum Lub Ib Hlis, US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau tshaj tawm ib qho kev pib txhawm rau tshem tawm qhov hu ua "cov nqi tsis raug" uas tshwm sim ntawm cov nqi thiab nce tus nqi pem hauv ntej ntawm cov khoom. "Kev pab them nqi nce nqi pib, cov nqi tsev so nce peb cov nqi mus nyob hauv tsev so, thiab peb cov nqi xov tooj feem ntau tau them nrog cov nqi tsis paub," yws nws tus thawj coj, Rohit Chopra. "Cov nqi qua ntxi no ua rau peb nyuaj dua rau peb xaiv cov khoom lag luam lossis kev pabcuam zoo tshaj plaws, txij li tus nqi tseeb raug zais," nws hais.

"Cov tib neeg tau mob thiab nkees ntawm tus nqi nkag uas yog thoob plaws kev lag luam," Chopra Hais, thaum tshaj tawm txoj cai thov cov lus pom los ntawm cov pej xeem ua ntej tshaj tawm cov cai tshiab thiab kev taw qhia txog cov nqi.

Ntau yam kev tshaj tawm qhia ntawm tsoom fwv teb chaws txoj kev sib tsoo zoo li Broadway cov neeg muag daim pib yuav sai sai no yuav tsum tau nres los ntawm tacking rau cov nqi kev pab cuam. "Yog tias txhua yam ua raws li cov phiaj xwm tsis ntev los no tau teev tseg los ntawm Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, lub tsev so 'cov nqi tsev so' thiab daim pib kev hais kwv txhiaj 'cov nqi yooj yim' yuav dhau los ua ib qho ntawm yav dhau los, " tshaj tawm hais tias ib tug economist nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev xav.

Tab sis, qhov tseeb, muaj me ntsis uas tsoomfwv tswj hwm tuaj yeem ua txog cov nqi kev pabcuam them nqi ntawm Broadway daim pib.

Tsim nyob rau tom qab ntawm 2008 nyiaj txiag teebmeem, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau tsuas muaj kev cai lij choj tswj kev coj ua ntawm ib tus neeg lossis ib lub koom haum uas " koom nrog kev muab lossis muab cov khoom siv nyiaj txiag lossis kev pabcuam" thiab lawv cov koom nrog. Hauv lwm lo lus, lub koom haum tsuas yog tswj hwm cov tuam txhab nyiaj txiag xws li cov tsev txhab nyiaj, cov koomhaum qiv nyiaj, thiab cov qiv nyiaj them nyiaj.

"Yog tias [Broadway] cov neeg muag daim pib txuas ntxiv credit ncaj qha, zoo li qhov xwm txheej, piv txwv li, yog tias lawv muab lawv tus kheej daim npav rho nyiaj, tom qab ntawd Lub Tsev Haujlwm yuav muaj kev txiav txim rau lawv," St. John tus kws lij choj Jeff Sovern piav qhia. Tab sis, nws tau hais tias, "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog qhov kev sib cav hais tias suav nrog kev lag luam uas tsis muaj ntau tshaj li muag daim pib hauv kev pauv rau kev them nyiaj ntawm credit lossis debit card," xws li Broadway tus muag daim pib Ticketmaster thiab Telecharge.

Tsis tas li ntawd, Sovern tau pom tias "[t]nws Lub Chaw Haujlwm Thov Kev Qhia hais tias nws yog 'xav tau txais cov lus hais txog tus nqi ntawm cov neeg siv khoom siv nyiaj txiag.'" Txoj haujlwm ntawm tsoomfwv qhov kev nug tsuas yog txwv rau cov nqi uas cov tuam txhab nyiaj txiag tau them, xws li raws li cov nqi nplua zoo li cov nqi them dhau thiab cov nqi yooj yim xws li cov nqi xaim xaim. "Lub txhab nyiaj yog lub hauv paus ntawm ntau ntawm cov nqi no," Commented Chopra hauv kev xam phaj, soj ntsuam tias, "ntau zaus, cov no yog cov nqi uas tsis muaj kev pabcuam lossis qhov chaw txhab nyiaj lossis tuam txhab nyiaj txiag tsis ua haujlwm."

"Nws yuav yog tias [tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm] tau hais txog cov neeg muag daim pib tsuas yog piv txwv ntawm kev lag luam uas muaj cov nqi ntxiv kom tib neeg thiaj li nkag siab meej txog qhov [nws] txhais li cas, es tsis yog piv txwv ntawm kev lag luam tuaj. nyob rau hauv [lub Tuam Tsev] txoj cai lij choj, "tus xibfwb Sovern tau hais.

"Tab sis, qhov ntawd tsis tau txhais hais tias cov neeg muag daim pib tuaj yeem so," nws ceeb toom.

"Lub Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Trade Commission, qhov twg [Bureau's] tus thawj coj, Rohit Chopra, yav tas los yog ib tug thawj coj, yuav muaj cai txiav txim raws li cov nqi tsis ncaj ncees nyob rau hauv kev lag luam muag daim pib, raws li lub xeev regulators," xib fwb Sovern hais ntxiv. "Lwm cov koom haum no tuaj yeem txiav txim siab saib qhov teeb meem, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias Lub Chaw Haujlwm tau txais cov lus tsis zoo txog cov nqi them los ntawm cov neeg muag daim pib," nws hais.

Raws li New York txoj cai lij choj, cov neeg muag daim pib nrog ncaj qha nkag mus rau cov khoom muag ntawm daim pib ntawm Broadway theaters xws li Ticketmaster thiab Telecharge yog tso cai kom yuam "tus nqi pabcuam tsim nyog ... rau cov kev pabcuam tshwj xeeb, suav nrog tab sis tsis txwv rau, kev muag khoom deb ntawm lub thawv ntawv, credit card muag lossis xa khoom." Txawm hais tias tus nqi ntawm cov kev pabcuam sib txawv raws li ntau yam, feem ntau ntawm lawv cov nqi pabcuam zoo li 10 feem pua ​​​​rau 20 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov nqi pib.

Lwm lub tuam txhab uas muag Broadway daim pib yuav tsis raug raws li kev cai lij choj txwv thiab feem ntau them nqi kev pabcuam ntau dua. Piv txwv li, ib tus neeg muag khoom nrov tau them tus nqi ntxiv 35 feem pua.

Ib tug kws ua yeeb yam uas tau yuav ob daim pib mus rau Phem los ntawm tus neeg muag khoom hauv 2019 tom qab kawm paub tias nws tuaj yeem txuag tau txog $ 60 tau txais lawv ncaj qha los ntawm kev ua yeeb yam. "Qhov ntxiv kuv them tuaj yeem tau mus noj hmo ua ntej," tus neeg siv khoom yws.

"Cov nqi zais ua rau muaj lus nug loj txog kev ua lag luam ncaj ncees," tus xibfwb Sovern tau hais.

"Classical economics presupposes tias cov neeg siv khoom yuav txiav txim siab zoo yog tias lawv paub tias lawv yuav them tus nqi dab tsi, tab sis cov nqi zais ua rau qhov nyuaj thiab yog li yuav ua rau cov neeg siv khoom them nyiaj ntau dua rau cov khoom lag luam tshaj li qhov lawv tau npaj ua ntej," nws piav qhia. Berkeley tus kws tshaj lij kev lag luam Steven Tadelis tau kawm txog qhov teeb meem nrog lwm tus hauv 2018, thiab nrhiav tau uas cov neeg siv khoom tau nthuav tawm cov nqi tom qab lawv tau xaiv daim pib thiab tau mus rau nplooj ntawv nyiaj ntawm StubHub them, qhov nruab nrab, 21 feem pua ​​​​ntau tshaj li cov neeg siv khoom tau nthuav tawm nrog cov nqi them ua ntej.

"Cov txiaj ntsig tau pom tseeb zoo nkauj: yog tias cov nqi no tsis tau muab zais, ces cov neeg yuav yuav daim pib tsawg dua thiab pheej yig dua, txo cov nyiaj tau los rau cov neeg muag daim pib me ntsis," tus xibfwb Tadelis tau hais tawm. Nws tau hais tias "Qhov no tsis muaj dab tsi tsawg dua li kev dag ntxias uas yuav tsum tsis txhob, hauv kuv lub tswv yim ncaj ncees, raug tso cai," nws hais.

"Cov nqi zais yog zoo li ib qho cuab yeej thiab hloov pauv uas tus neeg siv khoom tau txais los yuav ntawm ib tus nqi thiab tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau tus nqi siab dua," tus xibfwb Sovern ntxiv. "Nws muaj peev xwm hais tias qee tus neeg muag khoom siv cov nqi zais cia kom nyiam cov neeg yuav khoom uas tsis yuav cov khoom ntawm tus nqi siab dua lawv thaum kawg them nyiaj," nws hais.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau tau txais ntau dua 25,000 cov lus tshaj tawm rau pej xeem txog niaj hnub no, thiab tsis ntev los no tau txuas ntxiv hnub xa ntawv mus txog rau lub Plaub Hlis 11, 2022. Txawm hais tias tsoomfwv tswj hwm cov lus qhia thiab tsis muaj kev tswj hwm ntawm Broadway cov neeg muag daim pib, ntau qhov kev xa tawm tsis txaus siab txog cov nqi them nqi siab ntawm daim pib.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2022/03/28/federal-governments-crackdown-on-broadway-service-ticket-fees-not-all-its-cracked-up-to- ua/