As for not recieving an invite? I called all of my IS-F clients to see if they liked the sound of the event. Only one hadn't recieved the invite. That wasn't Lexus Aust's fault, they sent invites to all the relevent clients, it was due to the details given to them, by us or the client, having an error or typo.
The majority of people paid....not that it makes it any better I know. I had a small number of people that have bought multiple cars over many years that we paid for. And yes we as a dealer still had to pay Lexus Aust! So it still wasn't free.
There have been previous events that have been free and there will be again.
When possible, I've invited a few of the guys off this forum to Lexus events. I'm happy to do the same for you for any future events if you like. Let's see if I can improve this Lexus experience for you over time.