OnKey reached out to me last year to be part of their convention.
They offered a free table, and asked **if I would like** to make them sample product for their "hygiene bags".
I accepted the free table and advised I'd need to think on the free samples, since making product takes a lot of time and money- especially at the scale they'd want.
After some number crunching and thinking, I decided to not contribute to their hygiene bags as the cost and labor would be too extreme for a single-person operation. Especially at my stores size and capacity.
They then backtracked and told me the free table was only if I contributed to their hygiene bags- which wasn't how it was originally worded in their invitation message to me.
I'm a very small one-man business. Opportunities like this are far and few in-between, so it was a little disheartening to have it pulled away because I opted to not spend cost, time and labor on their hygiene bag.
I will not be discussing further into the matter.
To clear speculation:
We approached onkey a month ago with items that need to be addressed to ensure a safe and functional convention. We gave them ample time to show us they are prepared to host an event with proper security, labor and event management and we were not confident they would be able to secure these key measures before it was critically necessary with what was provided. Our primary concern is always safety when sponsoring or participating in an event.
To anyone deciding to go to onkey, we hope you have a fun and safe time, however we will not be attending as these answers did not measure to our standards