01/04/2024
My apologies.
I have been offline trying to process HCFF.
What I did right, what went wrong, dealing with people who before HCFF was cancelled thought it was acceptable to bully and intimidate me.
Now I am dealing with trying to get all vendors reached out to and come to a workable solution for everyone.
I have to pay off the balance of a hotel venue bill that is around $20,000. The Hotel has ghosted me and is not returning calls or emails.
I have vendors to reschedule to the April 13, 2024 and October 26, 2024 Kinky Flea Market.
Yes, the Flea Market is still happening.
I have to figure out to take care of those venue fees as well.
KFM Vendor Events spent 2023 taking on more then I realized and now it is time to clear plates and go back to basics.
I am sorry I have not gotten back to all of you yet.
I am still trying to figure out how to take care of everyone and everything while I lose my shirt (all while trying not to lose my s**t).
Some of you have been exceptionally patient, kind and understanding.
Some of you have not.
I am only one person. I am so out of pocket on this that I am not sure I will ever recover from this.
Here is where I remind all of you THAT I HAVE A VANILLA JOB!!
I am not a stay at home person who can drop everything on a dime and respond to you.
I am not always in a position get back to you immediately,
There are days I am so beat up at the job, that to protect what mental health I have left, I am not going to go near a computer on my day off as I have to make that pivot from one job to the this job.
Even though HCFF did not go off as planned, Please continue to come out to KFM and the Kinky Flea Market to support all the amazing creators and vendors. It is not their fault that HCFF did not happen. Please don't punish them.
We had 100% sell out of Vendors and 100% fulfillment of Panelists.
What was lacking was sales of Hotel rooms and ticket sales.
I am trying.
I am out of spoons and trying to find more.
