Event organizers are solely responsible for ensuring their event listings are accurate and for issuing refunds to attendees when events are cancelled or changed.
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The provision allocates primary liability and operational responsibility to event Organizers rather than to Eventbrite, establishing the transactional relationship as direct between Organizers and Consumers. This structure channels refund requests and disputes through Organizers as the first point of contact.
Consumers bear the risk that organizers may be unresponsive, insolvent, or unwilling to issue refunds, as Eventbrite does not guarantee refunds or take primary financial responsibility for organizer failures.
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"When hosting an event, the Organizer is solely responsible for ensuring that their event and any page displaying an event complies with any applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and that the goods and services described on the event page are delivered as described and in an accurate, satisfactory manner. Because all transactions are between an Organizer and its Consumers, we ask that all Consumers contact the applicable Organizer of their event with any refund requests.Excerpt from Eventbrite's Terms of Service
This provision allocates consumer protection obligations to organizers rather than the platform, which may conflict with certain jurisdictions' consumer protection laws that impose liability on payment facilitators or marketplaces for misrepresented products and services.
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The provision allocates primary liability and operational responsibility to event Organizers rather than to Eventbrite, establishing the transactional relationship as direct between Organizers and Consumers. This structure channels refund requests and disputes through Organizers as the first point of contact.
Consumers bear the risk that organizers may be unresponsive, insolvent, or unwilling to issue refunds, as Eventbrite does not guarantee refunds or take primary financial responsibility for organizer failures.
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