Industry Summit

[bprice]

I am writing this open letter to Kevin Isaacson promoter of the Industry Summit because all other methods of communication have failed over the past months.


February 14, 2014

Dear Kevin;

As you are well aware, In The Game, Inc. has attended the Industry Summit for the last three years. I personally have hosted retailer workshops, given a presentation to entire group and have served on a panel with Upper Deck, Panini and Topps.

Something seems to be different this year. Both my staff and myself have made many calls to you and I have personally sent over twenty emails to you as well.

I simply want to confirm if we will be attending the Industry Summit or if we are not invited to attend, the reasons why.

Our emails started early in December and the last email was sent several days ago.

By now the trading card industry has learned that Brian Gray and his company, Leaf Trading Cards are not invited to the Industry Summit and a lawsuit between the parties has commenced.

I on the other hand am not sure if we are invited or not since you will not respond to my emails confirming or denying our attendance.

The one email I did get from you on January 6^th and stated:

Dr. Price:

I am on vacation with my family and am checking messages only occasionally. I will communicate with you or Mr. Levine (whichever you prefer) upon my return to work. FYI: Last year's agreement with your company was completed Feb. 12.

Best,

Kevin Isaacson


I have now emailed you at least fifteen times after receiving this email letting you know that although there is time to negotiate an agreement, I just want to know if we are able to attend, so that travel plans can be made.

We knew last year in November that we were going to attend and had ample time to make travel plans, redemption program plans and Industry Summit promotional cards.

You have not responded at all to these emails and I am sure by now you are back from holidays, in fact it is now February 14^th and we still have heard nothing from you.

So I write this letter to you Kevin in the hope you might respond to us, please let us know if we are able participate in the Industry Summit or not, and if not, why.

In The Game, Inc. has been making trading cards since 1998 and we are certainly part of the trading card industry.

Dr. Brian H. Price
President
In The Game, Inc.

[reoddai]

You guys aren't on the corporate list. Would you normally be?
http://theindustrysummit.com/corporate-partners.php

Cheers,
Reoddai

[bprice]

We don't know where we stand at this moment.

That's the reason for my open letter to Kevin, he is not responding to my emails.

Brian Price

[andrewconnors9]

Wow, well I hope this works out, ITG deserves to be there more than the other two

[pwaldo]

So is the Industry Summit just Panini, Upper Deck, and Topps now? Leaf is also blocked from the thing. What about Press Pass, Sage, Tristar? I can't even think of any more card companies anymore.

[jogesc2]

Here's a link to an article on the Leaf lawsuit regarding the Industry Summit if you haven't read it already

http://www.cardboardconnection.com/n...ndustry-summit

[CoolHandLuke]

Here's a link to an article on the Leaf lawsuit regarding the Industry Summit if you haven't read it already

http://www.cardboardconnection.com/n...ndustry-summit

Pretty much what I tought the issue was. According to the article about leaf lawsuit:

The reason behind Leaf's "banning" is that the Summit allegedly rebranded from an entire industry event, to a licensor/licensee event. Following from this, since Leaf is not licensed by the MLB, NFL, NHL, etc, it might not qualify as a licensee, and therefore is not a proper participant. Because of this, the Summit will allege there was never an offer to Leaf, and therefore, there could not be acceptance or consideration.

Mainly they decided that only licensed manufacturer would be invited. So it seem this is the reason why you never got any answer. A simple e-mail would have been the minimum, more so if you were invited in the past. But at time, some person feel it's easier to just not respond, I guess.

[centrehice]

Have your own Industry Summit, and host it yourself but under a different name, and put this promoter out of business.

[subban7677]

Gotta love it when people just ignore you like that. ITG, as far as I`m concerned, is the only manufacturer that cares what we think and caters to collectors, not consumers. Shame you guys are treated like that.

[brian045]

^ Agreed, clearly he has read the emails. By not responding he knows he is guilty of using you and your company for his own gain in the past. Its extremely disrespectful to ignore a company that has been at this summit for 3 years, who cares more about its collectors than any of the others. License? Who cares if an NHL logo Is attached, ITG has shown dedication to the history of hockey and everyone involved. To ignore a company like this, says something of this kevin guy.