Our business traveled over 2,000 miles to drop off cup winning cannabis flower to enter The American Autoflower Cup. This was the drop off point the previous year and the current website still showed that this was the drop off point for 2023-2024. This business gladly accepted our flower, reassuring us it would be safe and sound. Also, naming the host of the cup as being there the previous day, which made our business feel a lot more comfortable about leaving it. Moving forward, I called the host of the cup when I arrived home to confirm that our entry was received. I was told the investors of both, the American Autoflower Cup and Essential Torrance have parted ways and are now enemies in a sense. Our business was deceived and lied to by Essential Torrance. Our business is out thousands of dollars and the marketing revenues to come from the possibility of winning a cup.