From balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Mon May 1 00:32:03 1995 Received: from swift.cvs.rochester.edu by mother.ent.rochester.edu with SMTP id AA01919 (5.65/IDA-1.4.4 for /usr/local/lib/lists/balloon.archive); Mon, 1 May 1995 00:32:03 -0400 Received: by cvs.rochester.edu (4.1/MAIN-MX-1.4.3.2) id AA09899; Mon, 1 May 95 00:21:55 EDT Resent-Date: Sun, 30 Apr 95 22:16:50 PDT Old-Return-Path: From: harry@balloons.com Date: Sun, 30 Apr 95 22:16:50 PDT Sender: Harry@balloons.maf.mobile.al.us Subject: re: assortments To: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu X-Mailer: Chameleon - TCP/IP for Windows by NetManage, Inc. Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-Id: <"OMGTr1.0.dQ2.Y76fl"@swift.cvs.rochester.edu> Resent-From: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/216 X-Loop: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu In response to Amy's questions... Balloons are made one color at a time. After stripping off the molds, they are counted by weight with special precision scales (different colors have slightly different weights) then packaged. Most entertainer balloons are packed 144 to a polybag. For assorted colors, a batch of equal quantities of the colors to be assorted are tumbled together, then counted (by weight) and packaged. Because of the tumbling process, there will not be an exact division of colors in each polybag. In fact, you may have received assortments which seem to have too few or too many of certain colors. If you need a specific color, it's best to buy a solid color bag. If every assortment included a hand counted precision mix, the handling cost would make the assortment too expensive. Standard colors are less expensive than special colors and the assortment is a different price because it includes a combination. Harry Palmer Balloons Are Everywhere 800 239-2000