The business was incorporated two years ago so he's had plenty of time to think about how not to ******* it up before taking people's money.
Just curious, how does someone bagsy the IMM?
Not sure these days but in the past if this years event did take place there would be some sort of "inner top secret committee" meeting where they would go through Clubs bids to hold the event in 2027 (Poland having got 2026). The winning Club are given a big Tin Foil key and get pissed waking up the following day bricking it that they have committed to hosting a major event.
Or in the case of this years lot you immediately set up a Limited Company, plan the event on the busiest Bank Holiday weekend, take peoples money dissolve company and walk away blaming everyone else for negativity.
I'm £320 out of pocket I can ill afford but I feel more for those coming from Europe who have probably lost Ferry costs which were probably very expensive due to time of year and probably cost of stop overs getting here.
no top secret meeting, the IMM is organised by clubs and all club presidents are invited to a meeting at the IMM where clubs put forward their bids and a vote is cast. if you register to attend the event as a club you will be told of the meeting.
you would need a company set up to handle such a large undertaking, also why plan it when people are at work!! so bank holiday makes sense. some mini owners, me included, have imm's as holidays.
understand your annoyance of lost money though and agree to postpone the event then liquidate company is *******. Imm 2020 did it right as covid blew their event appart with clarity and updates on their site.
also agree organisors need to take responsibility for poor sales and stop blaming negativity, if your market something wrongly be it lack of advertising or incorrect pricing it will not sell.
