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Uncategorized Boards => Marketing........plus Advertising Work => Topic started by: Roger on September 11, 2012, 05:57:47 AM
Hi
as some of you are aware I have a stall in London well recently I was talking to one of the other traders who trades in hair bands, I said about the use of hair bands for balloon head ware. They said they thought they could get the Alice bands for me from china a lot cheaper, well they have but I have. I have had to buy thousands so I am offering to share my good fortune with others. I expect the price will be 10p each plus postage once I have paid import duty etcetera will confirm this.
These will be plain black around 8mm wide with no teeth. if anyone is interested please let me know. The container they are in wont be in for around 4 weeks. Will post picture as soon as they arrive.
By the way I am not intending to start any form of wholesale business I can't cope with what I am doing at the moment, it is just that I had the chance to get them cheep and had to buy thousands.
Roger
Hiya Roger,
I would like to have some headbands,that would be great.
Please let me know when they arrive and want quantity you ideally
Want me to take
Regards
Norm
and me please :D
Hi Roger,
I have not used headbands before, but have seen great ideas with them, particularly where hats may be too clumsy for some girls or ladies, so would be veryinterested.
Just a quick question ....from someone who has never used them.....are they all one size, or are there different sizes for adults and kids, although I guess I will be mostly using them for adults.
Thanks !!
Kevin,
One size fits all - unless you have a REALLY big head! :D
Thanks Danny.....I must give these a try now :D :D
Count me in.
me too Roger! :)
I would love some too. Let me know when they are here. I work East London so will happily pop by and pick them up :)
Ooh yes please!
Yes, I would very much be interested
Keep me posted
Thanks
Lucy
Yes please Roger
Me too ta.
If you send them to the netherlands count me in too
If you can post them to Oz, I would like some as well.
Hi Roger.....looks like you'll soon be sold out :D :D :D :D
I may need a bigger container next time lol
I would definitely love to have some I use them a lot!
Many thanks
xx
me too please
xx
Roger, when is the boat from China expected to dock? I've run out of headbands!
If all goes smooth 2 - 3 weeks time till clears customs. But hay it has to clear customs :).
Well it is a slow boat from China :roll:
Any update on the hairbands, Roger?
Still waiting for notification that they have arrived they seem to be on a very slow boat from china.
I will let you know as soon as they arrive as I will want to get them out of the house asap.
Hi Roger - am still interested so when they arrive just let me know :)
Let me know when they arrive and what the price is
Thanks
and me :D
OK had a call yesterday to say that the container should be realised this weekend, and I am hoping to get a call over the weekend to go and get them. Fingers crossed.
The person I am importing them through has 2 containers coming in from china, and will be getting them delivered one at a time so hopefully it will be in the first one they are meant to be.
Regards
Roger
YEAH!!! Can't wait to get them!
xx
ok they are out of the container and on there way to my house I have ended up with 4000 (not sure what has happened to the other 2000) so will be working out postage costs and hopefully get them ready to post out over the weekend.
I want to share them around a bit so when I contact you please don't expect to get 1000 ;)
If all goes well then I will get a lot lot more next time.
Regards
Roger.
Brilliant :D
Excellent thanks Roger x
Thanks....let us know x
Can't wait!!! Thank you!!!
xx
Hi all after delivery hassle the first of them are in my grubby hands.
am checking the price of postage today and then I will start posting them out.
Boy has this been a hard going hopefully next time will be easier (if there is a next time).
Roger
PM'd you - cheers
I'm still after a batch of these please Roger
me too :)
Hi
have sent out pm's to the first people on the list, the head bands are all packaged in boxes of 100.
I am offering each person a box of 100 to start with as I am trying to spread them around.
They are £15 per 100 including postage.
At the moment I am only sending to the UK but may send further afield in the future.
Roger
Hi there Roger - just sent u message from tapatalk but now can't see it in my outbox??? Hope u got it - I can collect tomorrow lunchtime :) take care x
Hi Roger, if you've still got these left, then I'll have some please.
Thanks, Lisa x
I went to see Roger at his Balloon Shack in Spitalfields Market today and collected my first 100 headbands.
THEY ARE AWESOME.
They look good enough to use naked (ie black plastic). I've just tested covering with a 350 over for colouration, slips over nicely.
They feel strong and bendy enough to fit adults and kids alike.
I will be testing them "in the real world" on Sunday.
Thanks Roger! :)
Quote from: "Danny the Idiot"I went to see Roger at his Balloon Shack in Spitalfields Market today and collected my first 100 headbands.
THEY ARE AWESOME.
They look good en :lol: ough to use naked (ie black plastic). I've just tested covering with a 350 over for colouration, slips over nicely.
They feel strong and bendy enough to fit adults and kids alike.
I will be testing them "in the real world" on Sunday.
Thanks Roger! :)
Thats great to hear danny, ive been using primark bands and they are just too thin.
I also like the idea that they look great without adding a 350.
On another note can i publicly thank Roger for sourcing them xxxxx
Ok the first ones are on there way out if you can post what you think of them when they arrive that would be great so I know if it is worth getting more
Hi Roger, do you still have any left. You can send them to my Mother In Law in Banwell and she'll send them to me in Australia. Is that possible?
Mine arrived in Liverpool !! Brilliant, my wife tried them on and they fitted her and she has a funny shapped head !! So they will fit normal people. :D
Got mine thanks Roger. They seem great, will try some out tomorrow.
Got mine as well. Really nice and excellent service!
Thank you so much Roger for sourcing these and sharing them with all of us; it is greatly appreciated! :D
xx
ok i have tried and tested them all weekend and they are fantastic, durable and comfortable.
So thumbs up:) Thanks again for doing such a great thing for your balloon friends:)
I worked with Roger today, it was a bit of a laugh and not too stressful and he gave me some headbands, now can you and guess what happened next?
Quote from: "Graham Lee"now can you and guess what happened next?
Yes
Thanks for sourcing the headbands Roger. Was lovely to meet you when I collected them. Had a little play yesterday ahead of our office Xmas party. My children were very happy to model them :)
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Thanks for everything x
Hi all,
I believe all those that have paid have been sent out, last sent today. If you haven't got them by say Wednesday next week let me know.
Have a few left if you anyone is interested.
Roger
Roger, thanks for all your efforts, I now have plenty to keep me going ;-)
I did have some but left them behind at a job :( ;)
Hi I still have a few boxes available if you would like them let me know.
Roger
I would like a box :) I was sorry I missed out on the headband bonanza!
Tess, tess@tessential.com
This person is a friend on facebook so the link might not work for some but he has thin hairbands at £5.50 per 100 and thick hairbands at £6.50 per 100.
Plus postage.
https://www.facebook.com/jonathon.arthu ... ion=stream (https://www.facebook.com/jonathon.arthurs?hc_location=stream)
Normski put me in touch with Jonathon, and I have just received 300 of the thick ones, but not had a chance yet to use them out and about.
The first ones I got were the thin ones, which were really not much use, as they were really flimsy and had no substance to them at all. However, I got in touch and he was quite happy to exchange them for the thicker ones.
They are just under half inch wide, with teeth, and come in a hotch potch of colours. They are mainly red, blue, purple, and black, with a few patterned/tortoiseshell ones.
Also in the ones I got, about a third were chrome, or gold, which I think would be great for weddings, or princesses
One disadvantage over Roger's though, is they don't "Stack" or fit flat inside themselves like Roger's do, so they aren't so easy to carry around.