Post #395124 by Otto on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 12:43 PM

On 2008-07-18 07:15, MooneyTiki wrote:
Paipo, I'm sorry to hear about the RIP off of your designs and others, and I'm sorry I got in so late (back from vacation), but has this Larry Collins punk been BANNED from the Hot Rod Hula Hop and the Oasis events and All other Events, or is he still in the Events. I understand that as Event organizers they want to make some money or at least break even but maybe in the Future Tiki/Hot Rod Events they could be specific for Original Artists who Actually create their own Art! It would be a Great start to keeping Events more PURE as far as the ART goes and people(customers) would also know that ALL the Art is original and not a KNOCK OFF!!!
I am not a Rich person at all (financialy) but I would be more than happy to cover some of the cost's of the Hot Rod Hula and the Oaisis BOOTHS to keep Mr Collins OUT and SEND a Message that his WILL NOT BE TOLLERATED!!!
Who ever is in charge of these Two Events please feel free to PM me and I'll give you my phone number and we can talk,Aloha to all my friends EXCEPT MR COLLINS, Mooney

Mooney
Of course, as an organizer of an event that I have a lot of personal stake in I care deeply about this issue. At the first few Oasis vendors were by invitation only, now that it has grown to over forty vendors, and about 40 additional requests to vend, it is not possible to monitor all products and to have personal contact with each vendor.

Keep in mind that not only does Tiki Oasis have a very large vendor marketplace, we also offer approx 10 bands, 8 DJs, 6 burlesque acts, 6 symposiums in four different rooms, a movie night, a kids room, a ukulele jam, etc. And we manage two different locations.

Please understand that I have a signed contract with Larry to supply him with vending space. Until that agreement is breached I must honor it. I have added a clause to my vending contract regarding counterfeit or legally contested products, but the wording was not strong enough in my existing contract to refuse Larry a vending space based on him currently producing/selling counterfeit product at his store and other events.

Also, this is not a matter of money. If Larry had not bought that space someone else would have. I don't need Larry's $ to pull off Oasis 8. At the moment I have a contract with Larry and therefore cannot refuse him the vending space which I accepted money for.
In the future if issues like this are brought to my attention I will certainly refuse offering space to vendors who rip off other people.

I have emailed Larry and requested that he resolve this issue and I will pursue this further at Oasis 8 but prior to the event there is little that I can do.

Any help or suggestions that you have are appreciated.