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Those of us wistfully gazing at eBay and Craigslist as the price for Hannah Montana tickets soar into the hundreds — if not thousands — can on one hand feel sympathy for this group of parents. A class action lawsuit has been filed against Interactive Media Marketing, Inc. and Smiley Miley, Inc., owners of the Hannah Montana Fan Club website, alleging that the site misled people to register with the hope that their $29.95 annual fee would get them higher priority to buy tour tickets.

On the other hand, the phrase caveat emptor comes to mind. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that the number of members could easily surpass the total number of tickets available (membership was also provided to those who purchased the latest Hannah Montana CD), and the site did say in their fine print that there were no ticket guarantees. So it does sound like a bit of sour grapes:

“Thousands of people joined the club based on the understanding that by joining they would be able to purchase Hannah Montana concert tickets before they were offered for sale to the general public,” said Peirce. “In reality the vast majority were unable to obtain concert tickets.”

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Kerry Inman, a New Jersey woman who joined the Hannah Montana fan club.

She was shut out when she tried to purchase tickets to the Hannah Montana concert in Atlantic City, N.J. through the web site.

“The scenario that the Inman family went through — paying for a membership, then logging on to purchase tickets as soon as possible-this scenario has been replayed thousands, if not tens of thousands of times over the past few months,” said Peirce.