Closing date for the May 2025 issue (No 457) is 27th April 2025
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Issue 456: April 2025
A number of envelopes have sold during March – G-BIGL, G-SETI and G-BHIG in Sweden in lined up for a new sponsor. Meanwhile the bottom end of G-BKRL (Cameron Skyhopper) has sold as has a 105 basket from Peter Dowlen which only lasted on ‘Stop Press’ a matter of days before being sold.
Oscar Lindstroem’s Colt AS-56 gondola has been withdrawn from sale as it is now being incorporated into a new project …
New for April is a Jetstream Double burner from Kim Hull and moving from ‘Stop Press’ is a pristine Cameron Z-105 G-GCCC with Gloucester Cricket Club artwork. Andrew Strange has made a significant reduction in price for his much refurbished big trailer ….
Just as the new season gets underway, Zebedee is without our seamstress Clare for April and maybe into May. We are therefore unable to offer any repair services until further notice.
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 !