Events Ticket Center: Pop-ups urge quick ticket purchase, misleadingly varying buyer numbers
September 18, 2025
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"I was trying to purchase tickets for a ballet that is selling out. It came up in my search first and looked like the venue. I received several pop-up messages telling me to hurry, that I’d lose the tickets if I didn’t purchase within 10 minutes. Furthermore, there are different numbers of people that have “bought tickets within the last hour” every time the page is refreshed."
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