Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 23:03:38 -0400 From: Bryan Palus <BPalus@erols.com> To: Balloon HQ <balloon@balloonhq.com> Subject: Pre-filled Balloons !!! <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFC0" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF00FF"> I pre-blow balloons all the time. Makes a lot of sense for several reasons... <p>1- I have a Sears 20 gal 5HP Air Compressor at home along with attachements. This makes it <br> real quick and easy to blow up 100 -200 balloons, a lot quicker than using my pump blaster. <p>2- The time saved by having pre-blown balloons at the party is used by making more elaborate and <br> attractive sculptures and hats.... and spent interacting with the children. This goes over BIG <br> with the parents. <p>3- I still bring my balloon selection to the party and mostly blow up the more expensive specialty balloons <br> at the party, hearts, rounds, blossoms, Bee Bodies. <p>4- When doing multiple parties in one day, it gets me out of the party on time. <p>5- My parties are usually priced to cover the cost of balloons and the small amount of time <br> invested in pre-blowing the balloons is more than covered by the reduction in stress by <br> rushing to get out of the party on time. BIG WARNING.... I'm mentioning this because <br> some clients (at BIG parties) usually mention "Why don't you blow up 500 balloons before <br> my party so I don't have to pay you to do this" OR the hostess who books a party, fills <br> it up with activities and then asks " By the way, can you make 30 balloon scultpures and <br> bring them along for the kids...and don't forget a special one for the birthday child." <br> I will preblow the balloons where my job is made easier, but if I have to pre-blow balloons <br> for a specific party, I will charge the customer for the time and material used to pre-blow <br> the balloons. <p>6- Leave a variety of tail sizes for each color. Variety of colors presents a nice choice. <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <pre>I've got a question for all the pro twisters. I am "twisting" for another party at my son's preschool. The last time I did this, there were about 20 children between the ages of 2 and 5. Before I get flamed, The sculptures were placed in the kids cubby hole when I left to await parents permission to take home. My problem was that I had a rough time blowing and twisting all the balloons in the specified time.(I'm still kinda slow) Have any of you taken pre-filled balloons to a party and twisted them after you got there? This would enable me to actually interact with the children and twist all sculptures in the allotted time. By the way, it was their time schedule, not mine. I do the parties on my day off for free, so I could have taken all day. Any help is appreciated. Henry</pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>