Balloon experts needed - is this a scam
Balloon experts needed - is this a scam
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Spare tyre

Original Poster:

12,711 posts

161 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Approx 10 Balloons (already blown up)
www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/approx-10-balloons-alre...

Looks too good to be true doesn't it, where's the catch

The time I'd save here is pretty good

Morningside

24,147 posts

260 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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I would email them and ask what PSI they are.

Spare tyre

Original Poster:

12,711 posts

161 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Morningside said:
I would email them and ask what PSI they are.
I did think about that, I was also more concerned about if they'd eaten onions before hand

Rowley Birkin

28,176 posts

253 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Spare tyre said:
Approx 10 Balloons (already blown up)
www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/approx-10-balloons-alre...

Looks too good to be true doesn't it, where's the catch

The time I'd save here is pretty good
It's a gypsy trick.

Spare tyre

Original Poster:

12,711 posts

161 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Rowley Birkin said:
Spare tyre said:
Approx 10 Balloons (already blown up)
www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/approx-10-balloons-alre...

Looks too good to be true doesn't it, where's the catch

The time I'd save here is pretty good
It's a gypsy trick.
Will they be tied together when I arrive?

Rowley Birkin

28,176 posts

253 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Spare tyre said:
Rowley Birkin said:
Spare tyre said:
Approx 10 Balloons (already blown up)
www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/approx-10-balloons-alre...

Looks too good to be true doesn't it, where's the catch

The time I'd save here is pretty good
It's a gypsy trick.
Will they be tied together when I arrive?
Two of them, yes.

Digger

17,057 posts

222 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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They need to amend their ad. I can count an actual 10 balloons . . .

CorbynFTW

12,424 posts

225 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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One is a bowling ball.

Hth

Japveesix

4,576 posts

199 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Pizza Hut's viral marketing campaign is getting a bit desperate.

Impasse

15,099 posts

272 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Seems expensive. But I suppose that's inflation for you.

Digger

17,057 posts

222 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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"Would you mind posting them?"


"Sorry, unfortunately we don't have any suitably sized packaging"


"Oh, that's a shame"

Brigand

2,547 posts

200 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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"Approx 10 Balloons"? I count exactly ten, is he selling others that aren't in the picture?

ArsE92

21,387 posts

218 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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Impasse said:
Seems expensive. But I suppose that's inflation for you.
hehe

55palfers

6,395 posts

195 months

Thursday 13th August 2015
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I am looking for another 89 red ones....

rxtx

6,053 posts

241 months

Friday 14th August 2015
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I can't work out why someone thinks someone else would want a bunch of mostly inflated Pizza Hut balloons. That "Free Stuff & Freebies" section is a hoarder's paradise!

HOGEPH

5,249 posts

217 months

Friday 14th August 2015
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Could be a let down.

silverfoxcc

8,478 posts

176 months

Friday 14th August 2015
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Log on to the Framley Examiner and read some of the small ads in that

NSWDC ( Not suitle when drinking coffee)

click on the archive pages link at top and select classifieds. There are hundreds of them


Parker Knoll chair 45.00

Lady Penelope sofa 70.00

Edited by silverfoxcc on Friday 14th August 22:03

Spare tyre

Original Poster:

12,711 posts

161 months

Friday 14th August 2015
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Very pleased with my baloons, saved time not having to blow them up, also saved space for this

Free free free
www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/free-free-free/11292825...