Closing date for the December 2025 issue (No 464) is 29th November 2025
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Issue 463: November 2025
The stream of new ads has slowed down during October, although a number of items have sold – including vintage Cameron N-65 G-BOOB, Kim’s LBL 360, 2 baskets, burner, tanks, trailer and aged Land Rover.
For November we have added tanks and a fan from Mike Scholes, 2 Cameron burners moving from ‘Stop Press’ (one single and one double), another 8hp fan from Andy Rawson plus several LBL items including a quick release, refuelling hose with Bonanno filter and dropline.
With the balloon meet ‘season’ now just about over, thoughts of the Icicle Refrozen Meet loom in the new year period with others thinking of the round of winter overseas meets in January. For details of Icicle Refrozen on 3rd & 4th January 2026 go to www.icicle-refrozen.com
Stop Press – since the printed copy was sent out we can report that parts of Alan Hall’s complete balloon G-CCPT have been sold and the envelope is now listed separately. It sound like a great bargain! He has also reduced the price of his tanks. All worth a look ….
Time for bed said Zebedee!
For several months we have been contemplating the future for our business, as has Chris Dunkley at Easy Balloons. Don’t panic! No immediate changes are planned, but being realistic the next few years will see us winding down and we thought we should spell out some timely truths and maybe encourage some youngsters into balloon maintenance & repair.
We have written a joint statement which we hope will trigger both business enterprise and some thoughts as to how you can ease the pain of your next repair …..
Scam Warning
WARNING!
We have been alerted by two of our advertisers to a scam which is currently doing the rounds. In each case the potential buyer agrees to buy an item and then sends a cheque in payment. However the cheque is for more than the asking price of the item. The ‘buyer’ then asks the seller to refund the difference. Because it sometimes takes a week or more for the bank to process a cheque, it can be some time before the seller realises the cheque has bounced.
We have heard of 4 advertisers who have received enquiries in the past week for equipment. They all involve a complicated routine involving (international) cheques and the fact that the enquirer is on honeymoon… beware !