Events Ticket Center was reported to the Deceptive Design Tip Line over pop-ups urging a quick ticket purchase. According to the report, while trying to buy tickets for a ballet, the reporter found the site came up first in their search and looked like the venue, and they received several pop-up messages telling them to hurry or lose the tickets if they did not purchase within ten minutes. The report adds that the number of people said to have “bought tickets within the last hour” was different every time the page was refreshed.
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Events Ticket Center: Pop-ups urge quick ticket purchase, misleadingly varying buyer numbers
“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.”