House FILE 1989
"What you see is what you pay"
Effective January 1, 2025, Minnesota’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act (Minn. Stat. 325D.44, et seq.) will contain new provisions that make it illegal for someone to advertise, display, or offer a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or surcharges. The law is not a pricing regulation and does not dictate how much someone can charge for goods or services. Instead, the law requires that the price advertised, displayed, or offered include all mandatory fees and surcharges.
What is the purpose of this law?
This law intends to help businesses compete fairly on price and allow consumers to make accurate price comparisons by requiring disclosure of the total price for goods or services, inclusive of all mandatory fees or surcharges.
The law seeks to prohibit drip pricing—which involves advertising a price that is less than the actual price that has to be paid for a good or service—as well as other tactics used to hide or obscure the true, total price that must be paid for a good or service.
The law requires honest and transparent pricing. It prohibits someone from advertising, displaying, or offering “a price for goods or services that does not include all mandatory fees or surcharges.” In other words, it requires that if persons advertise, display, or offer a price, this must be the total price for a good or service, that includes all mandatory fees and surcharges.
Fix the Tix
Predatory and deceptive practices, fraud, and exorbitant price gouging run rampant.
A broad coalition of live event industry organizations and professionals have formed to collectively advocate for a ticketing experience better than the nightmare many fans and artists currently navigate.
Fans and artists are facing the glaring consequences of an unchecked ticketing market that has been exploited by predatory resellers. If Congress does not act, the status quo - devoid of essential protections - leaves consumers vulnerable and harms artists.
We urge Congress to enact comprehensive legislation that safeguards consumers from fake tickets, price gouging, and other deceptive practices, provides transparency in ticket pricing, and restores integrity to the ticketing marketplace.
