Almost Perfect
The balloons were perfectly lovely - and, impressive! For a friend's 70th BD that we could not attend, we had them delivered to the restaurant. The staff at the restaurant did a beautiful job putting "balloon bouquets" on each table which looked terrific in a video we saw. Very festive. The only problem is that the gift card message from us was never presented to the guest of honor! He thought the balloons were part of the package he was paying for from the restaurant...through a series of calls and messages we were able to extend our best wishes after the fact. TAKEAWAY: Be sure the gift card message gets where it needs to be! Otherwise, this order was perfect.... Show more
Susan
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Beautiful and long lasting
We had the balloons delivered the night before the party. They stayed up all night, through the party and whole day and then mostly through the following day until some started to fall. They were big and beautiful. Multiplr colors and the strings were mulitple colors, too! Will do this again for the next party!... Show more
Amanda
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Customerand store communication
What I dislike about these balloons they didn't float. I purchased the weights for the balloons and it was useless. They were filled air instead of helium. I will be purchasing anything else for this store. Totally dissatisfied. So disappointed, just made due. These balloons were very costly. Learned my lesson to never purchase online again.... Show more
Janet
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Disappointed
Most of the balloons I ordered were under filled. I picked them up and went straight to Boulder City for our event. Many of the balloons were sagging. The coating material inside contributed to this affect especially since the balloons weren't filled completely with helium. Very frustrating! Also, balloons were not ready on time despite receiving a text. I had to wander around the store for about an hour.... Show more
Rebecca
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DO NOT BUY 9 INCH BALLOONS
DO NOT BUY 9 INCH BALLOONS!!! I thought I was doing myself a favor by buying online ahead of time for pickup. Nowhere on the listing does it say 9 inch balloons only float for 2 hours. Well, FYI, they only last 2 hours. When I went to pick them up they told me that and I was like "hmmmm well that's not gonna work since the party is tomorrow...". I had to exchange the balloons for larger ones that would last and wait over an hour because they were busy and then had to blow them all up. Not to mention then that all of the larger balloons wouldn't fit in my car then and I had to call a second person to come help me because I wasn't expecting a larger size.... Show more
Brenda
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Held air for WEEKS!
I made a balloon garland the night before a birthday party, I wanted to make sure it would hold air so I blew them up at the last minute. If I had known these balloons would've held the air as well and as long as they did, I would have blown it up a week in advance! 3 weeks later I'm popping balloons in order to finally deflate them and take my garland down. It was perfect because we celebrated a birthday and a week later Halloween. I purchased multiple sizes, 12 inch, 9 inch and 5 inch, in multiple colors, black, purple, green and orange. The smallest did lose air more quickly, but for the purpose of garland still looked great. I'm including photos of the party and 3 weeks later. I highly recommend these balloons and will be purchasing from party city for all my ... MoreI made a balloon garland the night before a birthday party, I wanted to make sure it would hold air so I blew them up at the last minute. If I had known these balloons would've held the air as well and as long as they did, I would have blown it up a week in advance! 3 weeks later I'm popping balloons in order to finally deflate them and take my garland down. It was perfect because we celebrated a birthday and a week later Halloween. I purchased multiple sizes, 12 inch, 9 inch and 5 inch, in multiple colors, black, purple, green and orange. The smallest did lose air more quickly, but for the purpose of garland still looked great. I'm including photos of the party and 3 weeks later. I highly recommend these balloons and will be purchasing from party city for all my upcoming events.If making a garland, I also recommend the electric air pump, garland strip and the hand device to help tie them. I used a little more than 150 balloons and it took about 2 hrs (could have gone much faster with experience or an extra hand or two).... Show more
Maker of Balloon Garland
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Know that you are ordering a set of 15 balloons.
It was a little confusing ordering it first because I didn't realize it was one set of 15 balloons. I also didn't know how to get a variety of colors. There was a rainbow option but I didn't know if that meant the balloons themselves would be rainbow colored or if I would get a variety of colors. I thought the 15 referred to the amount of colors. The balloons themselves lasted the entire party so I was happy with them.... Show more
Deborah
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Never again!
I would give zero stars if I can. The balloons were delivered to my school on Friday at 10am and on Saturday morning they were half deflated and not able to float for our event (shrinking 50%). They were stored in a cool, dark room over night, so this shouldn't have been an issue.When I called Party City, they told me that in order for them to have stayed inflated for 24-48 hours, that they would have needed something else which isn't stated or offered on their website. Her follow up response to me is that "it is what it is".Over $120 in balloons that last for only 8 - 10 hours...such a rip off. They must use the cheapest latex balloons and then charge top dollar! I will never be using Party City again.... Show more
Stefan
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Nice but they missed the mark
When I removed the balloons out of the bags, all the blue balloons were on the ground. I had to remove them. Within another hour at least or two balloons per group were hanging just above the ground. I had to remove them also before the party even started. I also paid for a special treatment that helps keep latex balloons inflated longer. I found out about this additive from a friend after I placed the order. I called the store to have this added to the balloons and they couldn't do it over the phone I had to drive twenty minutes to add five dollar purchase. I did not see any info on the website for this additive. I was called by a manager a few days after I took an online survey. I will be refunded for twelve balloons .... Show more
Michael
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Poor description and bouquet arrangement
I was honestly really disappointed. I purchased a set of 20 balloons online for my young brother's funeral because his favorite movie was Disney's "Up". There was no indication that the balloons were mini aside from their "inches" being listed. It was a shock when I went to pick them up and found them to be a small bouquet of balloons. This was my own error but it would have been nice if they had been listed as mini balloons.The part that was more frustrating was that I had requested an arrangement and the balloons were arranged terribly with some way higher than others with large gaps between. It was a rainbow set of 5 colors and yet the majority were yellow and there was only one of many colors. The strings were also left extremely long and in a tangle.I had ... MoreI was honestly really disappointed. I purchased a set of 20 balloons online for my young brother's funeral because his favorite movie was Disney's "Up". There was no indication that the balloons were mini aside from their "inches" being listed. It was a shock when I went to pick them up and found them to be a small bouquet of balloons. This was my own error but it would have been nice if they had been listed as mini balloons.The part that was more frustrating was that I had requested an arrangement and the balloons were arranged terribly with some way higher than others with large gaps between. It was a rainbow set of 5 colors and yet the majority were yellow and there was only one of many colors. The strings were also left extremely long and in a tangle.I had to rearrange and try and make the bouquet presentable while prepping the rest of the funeral. It was extremely upsetting on a day that was already hard.And then to top it off, the helium latex balloons started deflating and falling midway through the funeral just 3-4 hours after picking them up.... Show more
Leah
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