Hello to all
members,
Welcome to BIHA newsletter / alert
no. 47 (Issued
on
(Please note that the large list of
2nd hand inflatables & equipment for sale was emailed out to all
members on
Contents:
1)
Brief overview of the LIW show.
(Leisure Industry Week Trade Show).
2)
Yellow Pages / BIHA corporate
advertising. http://www.biha.org.uk/corpad.htm
3)
Bungee Runs – get your FREE
listing. http://www.biha.org.uk/Category/bungee.asp
4)
Real-life hire stories (Including
“hirings from hell”)
5)
Interesting, amusing & daft
comments from customers.
6)
Another operator is
prosecuted.
7)
Update on the BIHA van
stickers.
8)
The first pre-season inflatable
trade show.
9)
Discounts on PIPA tests (By Bouncy
Castle Repairs).
10) Please
WHITELIST the BIHA newsletters & alerts.
11) Please check
your free company listings.
12) Hints &
tips.
13) How to get
more bookings in the winter months.
14) What do you
think of the BIHA website??
15) Get a top
quality half-price website.
16) Second-hand
inflatables & equipment for sale.
17) Summing
up.
1) Brief
overview of the LIW Show 2005.
The 2005 LIW show at the NEC,
It was good to see some well known
companies exhibiting for the first time (e.g.
FML Insurance Services and also Inflated News
magazine).
The BIHA stand was busy over the
three days and it was good to see so many members who came to the stand and
introduced themselves.
Many members took away their free
gifts (e.g. key-rings and coasters).
Several members also took away a free giant-game and mouse-mats for
sharing interesting real-life hire stories (which you can read about later in
this newsletter).
The BIHA also accepted membership
from several new operators and suppliers.
We look forward to meeting as many
of you as possible at LIW 2006.
2) Yellow
Pages / BIHA corporate advertising. http://www.biha.org.uk/corpad.htm
Yellow
Pages Corporate Advertising
Further to a recent communication about our new
association display advert, Yellow Pages have asked that we clarify the key
benefits of being part of the Corporate BIHA advert. These are as
follows:-
-
Business credibility is
enhanced when you are seen as part of an established
association
-
86% of directory users
said that their confidence in a business increased if they advertised under a
Trade Association banner
-
You are part of a
display advert but only pay linage rates
-
Use the collective
strength of the BIHA to attract new customers
Yellow Pages wish to emphasis that Corporate Advertising
should be considered complementary to your regular Yellow Pages advertising
programme and not as a substitute in attracting your normal business
leads.
We hope the new Corporate BIHA box in Yellow Pages
receives your support and you regard it as another major benefit from the
BIHA.
For more information about Yellow Pages Corporate BIHA
advertising, please call Mike Clarke on:
07711
118809.
(The original announcement about this
corporate advertising scheme (made at the beginning of Nov 2005 is as
below).
If you are a current BIHA member,
you should receive (or have already received depending when the dead-line is for
your Yellow Pages advertising) a bright yellow flyer from Yell - entitled "Our
seal of approval - it's a professional recommendation for you". (with the BIHA logo on it).
Yell has teamed up with the BIHA to
create a special display section in every Yellow pages directory in the
The logic behind this is that 86%*
of people looking through the Yellow Pages would rather choose a company who is
a member of a trade association. As a result, Yellow Pages have decided to make
it very easy for the public to contact BIHA members when they wish to hire an
inflatable.
This Corporate Advertising Scheme
(CAS) ties in well with the BIHA online
training/accreditation which has recently been
announced.
One of the main advantages to BIHA
members is that they can benefit from the impact of a display advert for the
price of a basic line entry.
You can read about this in more
detail by clicking on: http://www.biha.org.uk/corpad.htm
If you are interested in high impact
advertising for your business in the next edition of your local Yellow Pages
(for very low cost) - please call the Yell Corporate Advertising Scheme on free
phone: 0808 100
7890. (Please give this urgent priority to avoid
disappointment - i.e. if your competitiors are
mentioned, you need a mention as well!!)
Please note that this corporate
advertising will not be a substitute for your normal advertising with Yellow
Pages. It is in addition to it, but very low
priced.
According to Yell, the general public are now starting to look for association adverts in
the Yellow Pages.
I have also provided a way for NAIH
members to benefit from this. If you are in the NAIH, but not in the BIHA,
please email me: mark.jerram@ntlworld.com
Mark
Jerram
BIHA
http://www.biha.org.uk/corpad.htm (Details on: Yellow Pages
Corporate Advertising Scheme - CAS) Tel:
0808 100
7890
- Abacus Research 2002.
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N.B. For quickest response and the most up-to-date
information on the Yell / BIHA Corporate Advertising Scheme, please call 07711
118809.
3)
Bungee Runs – get your free listing!
If you own and
operate a bungee run (or several) you can now get a free advert for it on www.biha.org.uk under www.biha.org.uk/type.htm
and http://www.biha.org.uk/Category/bungee.asp
This will help your potential
customers find you easier (without them having to trawl through the Yellow Pages
until they find a supplier). Secondly, and very importantly, it will tell your
competitors that you operate a bungee run, so that they can pass business over to you (perhaps for a
commission) if they do not operate this type of inflatable or are fully
booked.
If you would like to
advertise your bungee run(s), please email me your full address, company name, website
and telephone number to mark.jerram@ntlworld.com
ensuring you write “Bungee Run listing” in the subject bar.
Thanks.
Please note that
this is a free service.
4) Real-life
hire stories (“Hirings from hell”)
a)
One member provided a large bouncy castle for a
school fun day. One of the other
attractions was for a massive army Chinook helicopter to fly in to the school
playing field, and land in one corner well away from all of the other
attractions. As a precautionary
measure, the member deflated the bouncy castle and waited for the helicopter to
take off. Unfortunately, as the Chinook
took off, even though it was over 50 yards from the deflated castle, the
incredible power from the exhaust of its jet engines somehow got underneath the
castle and tried to violently lift it upwards. The castle was fully staked down,
and when the anchor points reached their limit, there was suddenly a huge split
in the fabric. The castle could not be
used for the rest of the day, and some rather colourful words were passed on to
the pilot.
b)
During the summer of 2005, there were some troubles in the center of
Once the violence had calmed down,
he set about trying to retrieve his castle.
He drove over to the house and not surprisingly, the castle was no longer
in the front garden. He tried to contact
the customer – without success. He
peered through the living room window, and the kitchen window to see if was in
the house. It was not. He checked the
back yard, and no castle could be seen.
By this stage, he is starting to
panic, dreading the worse. He drives
home, and the following day, he manages to contact the customer, who told him
that as soon as the violence flared up, they stopped the party and moved the
bouncy castle to the downstairs toilet.
There was a lot of relief all
round.
c)
One member was lifting an inflatable into his van,
when he slipped and fell. Unknown to
him, he fractured his foot. Despite
this injury he still managed to deliver four bouncy castles and collect three of
them, before the pain got so bad that he had to admit himself to hospital.
b)
One member told me that he delivered a large slide
into a field where there were some horses quietly grazing at the back. He didn’t think anything of it until he came
to collect the slide later in the afternoon.
The horses had become amorous and were running around haphazardly, trying
to mate with each other. They were
running alarmingly close to the slide which by now had been deflated. The member had to wait until nightfall, when
finally the horses had calmed down enough for him to enter the field and take
away the slide. But it meant a long
wait!
5)
Interesting, amusing and daft comments from customers.
a)
One customer said to the operator “Shouldn’t
the bouncy castle be moving up and down
when the blower is running”.
b)
Operator: I
will be back later to collect the bouncy castle, if you have any problems –
please don’t hesitate to call me on my mobile number. Customer:
If I have any problems with the castle, I will just call “999” for a faster
response.
c)
This
email was recently received by a member.
“I would like to hire a small bouncy
castle for adults to go on the roof terrace of my apartment. The terrace can accommodate a castle of
approximately 10x10ft. If it is possible
can you please give me details of prices for the 5th November overnight”
6)
Another operator is prosecuted.
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Please note
that the BIHA does not generally feel that it is always right to name operators
who make a mistake which leads to an incident.
However, when the details are mentioned in the press, then word spreads
like wildfire about a particular operator who has been prosecuted, as in the
above case. Also, important lessons can be learnt from these types of incidents,
which hopefully will make our industry that much safer in the
future.
7) Update on the BIHA van stickers &
mousemats. www.biha.org.uk/promo.htm
To date around 120 sets of van stickers
have been sent off. If you would like
to order a set of BIHA van stickers – there are just 12 sets left, please email me at: mark.jerram@ntlworld.com
(Please could you write “Van stickers” in the subject bar of your
email. I am now getting feedback from
members who have received their stickers and (with two exceptions) they are all
impressed with the exceptionally high quality.
Each set is £15.00 which includes 2 x A4
stickers, a BIHA key-ring and 199 free mini-reports (see www.biha.org.uk/199reports )
BIHA mouse-mats are also available at
£3.99 each including postage & packing.
Members who buy a mousemat will also receive all the free reports under
www.biha.org.uk/199reports
If you would like to order a mousemat, please
could you email me. We will invoice you
later.
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8)
The first Pre-season Inflatable Trade Show.
The BIHA is delighted to announce
the first pre-season Inflatable Industry Show in
This show will run alongside the
Performance Textiles Show (which caters for the marquee industry and other
textile related industries).
There will be a very good selection
of Inflatable Manufacturers exhibiting their products and also suppliers of
accessories to our industry. The BIHA will also be
exhibiting.
There will also be networking
opportunities and a chance to socialise. (e.g. PERTEXA have organised an
evening in a casino, close to the
If you are interested in exhibiting
at this trade show in March (The rates are very reaonable). Please contact
Michelle Borders (Performance Textiles Association) on: 01827
52337.
Invitations to this show will be
emailed out to all BIHA members in the near future.
This new show will be OUR industry
trade show and is a very exciting development. If anyone on this message board
has any ideas/suggestions to help make this show what it deserves to be - I
would be very happy to hear from you (either on this board or directly to: mark.jerram@ntlworld.com ) I will pass all suggestions to the
main organisers.
As more news breaks about this
Inflatable Industry Show, I will post it on this
board.
Please make a note in your diary of
these confirmed dates: 7th and
Hope to see as many of you there as
possible.
Mark J.
9)
Discounts on PIPA tests by
Bouncy Castle Repairs Company in
Leicestershire is offering generous discounts on PIPA
testing.
Their NEW website can be viewed
at: www.bouncycastlerepairs.com
This is now for both Manufacturing
and Repairs.
Brand NEW units will be a 10%
Discount from the list price until
BIHA members wanting PIPA tests on
used units, can have them for £65.00 plus VAT, where as they are normally £95.00
plus VAT. This offer for £65.00 PIPA tests are ONLY
until
There is an inspection fee of £25.00
per unit, that will also be wavered until
Roger
10)
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email).
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members have reported that occasionally they do not receive the regular BIHA
newsletters / alerts in their email inbox.
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has for some reason blocked a newsletter or is treating it as
spam.
For example,
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into it.
Once again,
thank you for being a member of the BIHA and we hope you're getting immense
value from it for your business.
Kind
Regards,
Mark
Mark
Jerram
BIHA
Founder.
P.S. To see
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11)
PLEASE CHECK YOUR FREE COMPANY LISTINGS.
One of the key benefits of being
a BIHA member is that you are entitled to a FREE listing of your business on two
different websites
which promote
These two websites
are:
www.biha.org.uk and www.leisurescene.com
Please could you visit these two
websites and double check that your company / business name, address, tel.
number, website address
(if
applicable) and contact name is correct. If it is correct, you need do nothing
more. However, if it is wrong on www.biha.org.uk and /
or
www.leisurescene.com
then please could you contact the BIHA webmaster - Mark Stevens at: www.leisurescene.com/Contact.html
If you do e-mail Mark with your
new details, please could you be very clear as to how you want your advert to
read.
Always mention your county as this is what each member is categorized
by.
Please include the following information and which part you want
changed.
Business or Company Name:
Address and postcode (including your
COUNTY)
One telephone number. (Office, home or
mobile)
Website address (if applicable).
Contact
name (e.g. John Smith).
It would also be helpful if you
included your BIHA membership number - i.e. your IH number (but this is not
essential).
With over 1,600 members currently in the BIHA, it becomes a real
challenge from an administration point of view making sure
that every member's details are up to date on the two
websites.
If you do e-mail Mark, please could you also forward the same
email to me at mark.jerram@ntlworld.com
so that I can
keep track on
who needs changes made to their adverts.
Unfortunately, we are unable to
include e-mail addresses in member's adverts. The reason for this is because
some members
change their e-mail addresses fairly
regularly and the cost of continually updating this information would be too
high.
Furthermore, a booking could be lost if a potential customer tried to
contact a member on an out of date e-mail address on their
free advert.
12)
Hints & Tips.
a) If you've
ever lost your wallet, you know what kind of problems
it can
cause.
Not only do you
have cancel all the cards that were in the wallet, you
have to get replacements for everything - including your driver's
licence.
And of course
these days you have to worry about the very real
possibility of identity
theft.
Here's a tip .
. . use your computer scanner to make copies of
everything you carry in your
wallet.
Scan all the
items, front and back, and save the scanned images
as a file on your
computer. Then copy the file to a CD or
USB
drive, and delete the file from
your computer.
This way,
should you ever lose your wallet, you'll have a way to
print a copy of everything to use
as reference to get cards
cancelled, and new ones
issued.
It is also a
good idea to photograph all of your inflatables, and ancillary equipment,
just in case any of them are
stolen.
b)
Where
do you hang out??
When I was a 15
year old teenager, in the late 1970’s, the local hangout on Friday
night was the “after schools
clubs”, where we could choose an activity we really enjoyed like badminton
chess, or making model aircraft,
and just relax and be surrounded by our friends, outside of the usual
school
environment.
It was good
entertainment, and "the" place to be - We were also encouraged to talk
about school problems, job
openings, and other teenage issues.
These days,
"the" place to hang out is internet discussion groups, where you can find people who share
your interests, solve your problems, and talk about things you want to talk
about.
The inflatable
industry message board is a good example of this.
Each week, lots
of messages are posted - some asking for
advice, others providing opinions,
and still others just sharing
humorous or interesting news and
stories about our industry.
It's a lot like
the “after schools clubs”, back in my teenage days -
friends helping friends and showing
newbies the way.
If you haven't
visited lately, the BIHA invite you to stop by and join the industry message
board.
(It is
completely free of charge) Please click on: http://www.biha.org.uk/messages.htm and
follow the instructions. It only takes a few minutes to
register.
During the 5
years it has been running, over 10,000 different messages have been posted, on
virtually
every subject to do with the
inflatable play industry. Don’t miss out on this valuable resource for your
business.
c) At this time of year, the
majority of your bookings should be indoors (e.g. in community halls).
Occasionally, a “brave” customer will wish to hire an inflatable for outdoor
use. One problem with this is that if it
rains (or snows!) it can be very difficult to fully dry out the inflatable after
the booking. When I first started in the
business back in 1992, I made the mistake of once taking a castle which had been
outside (in wet, winter weather) the previous week straight into an up-market
community hall. As soon as the castle inflated, there was strong smell from the
unit, where water and mud etc. had not dried off, and a layer of mildew had
built up. It took a lot of last-minute
frantic cleaning to dry it out.
As a result of that experience, when I did
bookings in the winter, I kept inflatables specifically for indoor work, which
only went outside again in late spring, when I knew that they could dry
naturally, should they become wet.
I used to have a couple of
older castles which I would keep specifically for outdoor work in the winter
months.
Many hire companies will not
do any outside work in the winter. If
you do, ring up these companies that refuse, and offer to take their outside
winter jobs from them. It would be a good idea to pay them a commission as
well.
d) When storing inflatables
away for the winter, it is a good idea to sprinkle talcum powder inside
them. This helps to keep them fresh and
also seems to help prevent the build up of mildew and various
odours.
e) If you hire out one of your
inflatables outside during the winter, and it does get very wet, it is
absolutely vital that you dry it out as quickly as possible. If you don’t, then over time the rainwater
can leave unsightly dark stains which are impossible to remove. (I know, because
it has happened to me!). The best way to dry it out, is to
wait for a dry day, and then get some helpers (e.g. Children in your
street armed with lots of towels). You can say to the children, that if they do
a good job of drying it out, they can enjoy a few hours of bouncing for free!!
During the summer, this is
not normally a problem as the hot sun naturally dries the inflatable out, inside
and outside (the next time it goes out on hire).
13)
How to get more bookings during the winter months.
I am currently
working on a free report to show operators how they can get more bookings during
the winter, because traditionally this in the time when revenue and profits are
at their lowest.
Some of the
ideas are as follows………
a)
Contact all the caretakers
in your local community halls. Explain what you do and ask them if they can
recommend your services to users of their hall.
Ask them if they will allow you to put up a small advert on the hall
notice-board.
b)
Write a letter to all your
local nurseries asking them to recommend you to their clients. As an added sweetener, you can offer to
provide a free bouncy castle for the day, if they can place your advert on the
nursery notice-board.
c)
Work closely with your
competitors. Some operators close down
during the Winter.(or do not do any outside work). If
this happens in your area, ask them if they can pass work to you in return for a
commission.
d)
In all your advertising
(incl. your van’s sign writing and websites, make it very clear that you can
provide inflatables for indoor use during the
winter.
e)
Hire a hall for a few
hours. Put your best inflatable in there
and invite people to bring their children for free. Give each parent a leaflet advertising your
services. You can perhaps mention that
you will be accepting donations towards the cost of hiring the hall. You may even make a tidy
profit.
f)
Recruit an “army” of
commission hungary sales people who will go out and get bookings for you in
return for a share of the hire fee.
Examples are students in need of extra money for Christmas. Women who meet up for their regular “coffee
morning”. Small local charities, who may have large local support. Some people may be willing to deliver
leaflets if they know they will get paid for every booking that it
generates.
g)
Contact all of your
customers who used you during the summer (and last season) and see if you can
book them in for this Winter (e.g. as a special
Christmas treat).
h)
Offer to hire two
inflatables for the price of one if they book before a certain
date.
i)
Look at hiring out equipment
which has high demand in the winter (e.g. specialist heaters or inflatable
marquees for the construction industry).
j)
Write a letter to all your
local schools telling them that they can get a 10% discount if they hire from
1st Oct to End of March.
k)
The four main social
functions during winter are Halloween, Bonfire Night, Christmas and New Year’s day celebrations.
Try and find out if there are many indoor events – Contact the organizer
and offer then a discount on the hire of one or more of your inflatables.
There are bound
to many more ideas to increase profits during the winter months. If you can think of any more, please could
you email them to me at: mark.jerram@ntlworld.com
If your idea is included then you will be awarded a £10 shopping voucher
or a free giant game (e.g. dominoes, connect-4, garden snakes & ladders
etc.)
14)
What do you think of the BIHA website?
What do you
think of the BIHA website?? I have had
comments about it ranging from: “one of the most interesting websites ever, with
incredibly easy navigation”, to comments such as: “Not a bad site, but too cluttered up and
with too much content on the home page”.
What do you,
the members think?? I am hoping to
expand and improve the website during 2006, so your comments would be
invaluable. Please email me at: mark.jerram@ntlworld.com
Thanks.
15)
Get a top quality half-price
website
Why pay £500 to £2,000 for a website when you can get a top quality one for £180 + hosting costs from Rob Graham. (Getting your site online now will help to ensure your search engine rankings for the next season.)
N.B. Rob Graham designed the BIHA website as well
as the following sites:
http://www.philipcoxfineart.com
http://www.tandj-bouncycastles.com
http://www.abis-inflatables.com
If
you are interested in a high quality website – please email Rob at: rob@artandsole.org
You
can also visit Rob’s own website at: http://www.artandsole.org
Rob
also provides a low-cost service to optimize his client’s websites with the main
search engines. For example, if you
visit http://www.google.com and type out: Bouncy Castle Hire. The BIHA website (as at
16)
Second-hand inflatables & equipment for sale.
Please see below the
latest second-hand inflatables being sold by BIHA members. If any member is
interested in advertising their second-hand inflatables to over 1,600 BIHA
members (completely free of charge), please email me at: mark.jerram@ntlworld.com (Don't forget to always include your
town and county area, so that potential buyers can work out how far they must
travel to view your second-hand inflatable before they enquire). If you are looking at a second-hand unit,
always check carefully the condition of the bed seams and also the stress
points. If you are not sure what to look out for when assessing the condition of
a second-hand inflatable - try and take someone with you who is experienced.
(Please note that the BIHA cannot be held responsible for the quality of the
second-hand inflatables advertised in this alert, so please be vigilant).
FOR
I have a couple of
items for sale.
Soft play unit with
a inflatable safety wall all the way round, comes with
a range of soft play pieces including rockers, mirror building blocks and small
slide, also 19ftx 16ft of soft matting that velcro together.
The back of the unit
opens up so you can add on a bouncy castle, small slide or
ballpool.
The condition is as
good as new.
Williams Rodeo bull
with surf attachment-
Still in good condition
and has just been tested by Williams in May
Looking for around
£5000 + vat
If you require some
pictures or more info please drop me a line at bob@rm-leisure.co.uk or call 01651 872945 /
07974 79110
R&M
Leisure
17
Oldmeldrum
Aberdeenshire
AB51
0FN
Tel: 01651
872945
FOR
I would
like you to advertise my Merry Go Round for sale.
A wooden
on steel frame 12 seat Merry Go Round is For Sale its around 17 feet in Diameter
it has an electric motor and can be set up in 20 minutes on my own. Its been repainted in Red and Blue. The Theme is water there
are two swans and four boats and two fish for children to sit in. The insurance
is through
Paul
Shuttleworth - Bouncy Fun
01952
616996
FOR
50cc meerkat
kazuma 4 stroke petrol quad bikes safety cut-outs, electric
start throttle restrictions and
gear change locks, 1 year old
excellent
condition x 3 ( 2 red, 1x blue ) £350 each
25ft wide x 45
ft long and 2ft high inflatable safety barrier / track with
arch 1 year old with fan blower
£1,500
1 galvanised
trailer 8ft x 4ft ( fits 3/4 quads inflatable generator
on it )
light to pull 1 year old £
350
Junior motor
cross Helmets x 4 ( 2 x m - 2xl ) excellent condition
(never
dropped) kept in dust bags £ 25
each
Junior motor
cross helmets x
3 ( 48, 50, 52 cm ) good condition not damaged
no dust bags £10
each
Buy
individually or Buy as a going concern in the
£3,000 ono
(includes all the above ) Established business in the
west
midlands if you are interested and
in this area i will forward all my
bookings and enquirys public
liability insurance transferred and information
on carboots fetes and past
customers etc to take them to. (Advertised on ebay) 01386
834147
FOR
15ft X 15ft
£800.
Briggs and stratton petrol
blower hardly used, purchased brand new in May 05. £400.
Leigh Taylor : O1775 769599 or
079845 39633.
FOR
Hi Mark
could you
advertise the following inflatables in your next news
letter.
1x two part obstacle
course. Made by Abacus in
Wells. 16 months old £1250.00 ono
1x 12x12 childrens bouncy boxing
with gloves. approx. 2
1/2 years old. Made by galaxy. £600.00 ono (light use
only)
1x set padded sumo suits witn four
mats. In need of tlc hence £250.00
ono
1x 12 x 12 box type ballpond with
inflated bed and fron step. Tidy condition with balls £450.00
Regards
Paul Burrows
Mary Paddock Inflatables
0800 389 90
60
FOR
FOR
BRAND NEW ONLY BEEN ON THE ROAD 3 TIMES COST OVER ELEVEN HUNDRED
POUNDS SELLING FOR
CONTACT
EMAIL:
STEVEBAIGENT05@AOL.COM
FOR
Hi could you please put this for
sale in your next news letter.
Thanks
FOR
Dear
Hirer,
Due to a house move
and subsequent lack of space, I regrettably have to sell my bouncy castles and
would like to offer them to another BIHA
member.
Two of these castles
(12x14's) are only half a season old as I only started up in June last year and
packed them away for the winter in September, and because of this have only been
used in fair weather.
The 15x15 has only
been used once as I bought this at the end of last season ready to use this
year, but circumstances force a sale.
As you can see from
the photographs, these units are all in top condition and have been very well
looked after during their short use.
The complete list of
kit for sale is:
12 x 14 ft Clown
bouncy castle
12 x 14 ft Jungle
bouncy castle
15 x 15 ft Clown
bouncy castle (with integral rain cover)
12 x 14 Rain cover
(x2) (Never used)
3 x 1.5hp
Blowers
3 x 30m extension
leads
1 x Two wheeled trolley
Ground pegs for all
three units
A massive bundle of
new towels to clean/dry the castles
These units were manufactured by AJ Leisure
(
Have a look at his
website: http://www.andyj.co.uk/index.html
I need to sell these
units ASAP as they are taking up space in the new house and because of this I am
only asking £2000
for all of this kit.
As an extra incentive
to buy, I can also offer the following:
Free
delivery
Design of a company
logo (or re-vamp of an old one) (I'm a graphic designer by
day)
Design of a leaflet
for advertising
1000 leaflets for
letter drops and for your customers to
keep
I'll even give you an
invoice to claim against your tax!!!
You are more than
welcome to come and see any of the equipment before you buy it - you will not be disappointed !!!
You can contact me any
time on the following numbers
0151 670 5470 (
0151 334 8138 (
or e-mail
me at the following
nmcadam@rfdbeaufort.com
I look forward to
hearing from you
Best
Regards
FOR
We have a huge Trophy Piece for sale this is not for the
faint hearted but will give someone a chance to lift their game and do bigger events or corporate
work.
Unit is themed "Pirate of the Carribean" and is 75ft
long, by 15ft wide and also has a surround wall which is all done with palm
trees.
Its in 3 parts + wall has super fat pirates as biff n
bash, plus treaure chests, 2 long tunnells and a slide
inside.
Enter from 1 end & exit from the other end.It has a
nylon / silk built in cover which is white (getting a bit dirty) its in good shape with just minor repairs and was working
last Sat.
Made by Playaway Leisure its on offer at £3000 and we will deliver for that.
Hires at £750 per
day.
Reason for sale: We have updated to a newer unit 100 ft
long x30ft wide and are running out of storage, Photo's are available from me
at:
(
I am reluctantly having to sell the following:
Fully
purpose built trailer - allows 1 man job ( immaculate
condition )
Part
Inflatable marquee designed to cover the
bull
http://www.norfolkbouncycastles.co.uk
Can
you please put the following items up for sale in your next
newsletter?
For
more info contact Derek at enquiries@dkentertainment.co.uk
To
view items following link
http://www.dkentertainment.co.uk/sumo.htm
1
x 16ft x 16ft Combo Bounce & Slide
Castle
First
Starjump Entertainment
Ltd
FOR
SALE
-
serious inflatable -
11metres wide x 16metres deep x 12metres
high
The
Tiger Slide
- as new, unique, hand painted and the most amazing inflatable attraction ever
seen.
Ready
to operate for next
year
Tiger
Slide Inflatable 11m wide x 16m deep x 12m high (weight
2.75t).
Volvo
F6 Flatbed Lorry (17t) can sleep 2 people, with HiAb crane/grabber to lift Tiger
on and off.
9
ton Supawinch - attached to rear of lorry to roll Tiger up. 2
x large straps for lifting.
6.5Kva
generator - as new. 2 x Gibson Electric
Blowers.
1
x Briggs Stratton 3.5hp Petrol
Blower.
Orange
ground sheeting and night cover sheet
for unit.
Advice
will be given on set up and operation of this type of unit, by current
owners.
Can
turnover in excess of £24,000 in 6 months
I
MARK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADVETISE THE
FOLLOWING-
THREE 12FTX12FT ARCH STYLE BOUNCY CASTLES WITH
RAINCOVERS AND 1.5HP
BLOWERS
1
12x12 castle made by Better Bounce less than 12 months old. (still within warranty) £500.00 ono
1
8x10 box castle made by Bee Tee complete with approx
1500 balls. £400 ono
Both
castles are in excellent condition and come with 0.75 blowers and
stakes.
we also
have a 2.3KW Honda generator for sale @ £150.00 ono
For
more information telephone Geoff or Avril
10x10
Pirate castle only used 1 season £600.00 with shower
cover
12
x 12 Pirate castle very good condition £650.00 with shower
cover
12
x12 Clown theme castle good condition £650.00 with shower
cover
15x15
Party theme castle – 3 years old £700.00 with shower
cover
All
the above come with electric fans and are in full working order. (not Pipa tagged
yet)
1
Set adult sumo suit very good condition £1000.00 with foam padded
ring
Call
01245 360171 or my mobile 07947
187073
Essex
based (Near
Chelmsford).
14w
x 24l x 20h clown mega slide
£1600
15w
x 24l x 16h multi coloured mega
slide£1400
12w
x 22l x 12h disney midi slide
£900
sumo suits +
12ft diameter mat
£750
12
x12 bobs builders yard with pop ups
£550
All
of the above
are in perfect condition and all come supplied with suitable
blowers.
if you
would like more information of wish to see pictures please contact me on 01932
336306.
We
have the following equipment for
sale;
Bouncy
Castles £500 to £1000 (from 10 x 10ft to 25 x 25ft) All
sizes
Pirate
Combination or Safari Theme Triple Combination Unit (3 Rooms)
£1200
Ball
Pond Teddy Bears Picnic 14 x 12ft £with built in roof netting under 6s
£600
Rocky
Mountain Climbing Game
£2700
Gladiator
Joust £1150 includes new headguards and new pugil
sticks
Showmans
Slide 30ft High £3250
Surf
Simulator GS Engineering
£2500
50ft
Kids Assault Course x 2 (3 Part)
£1200
All
items are in good condition and can be viewed on our website
www.tlgleisure.co.uk
If
you wish to discuss further please contact me direct on 07710 668615 to arrange
viewing.
If
you wish to book or discuss further please contact me on 07710 668615
direct.
1x
12x12 activity biff bash plus fan and
kit
1x12x12
with fan and kit (only used indoors)
1x
15x15 tiger theme with fan and kit
1x15x15
castle slide combo plus fan and kit
1x13x19x14
garden slide plus fan and kit
current add in
local yellow pages
all
inflatbles are quality units oldest unit is 3 yrs
old
this is
genuine sale offered by professional hirer
complete business and good will
£10k
based in
surrey but easily relocatable
FOR
SALE Galaxy
Rodeo Bull (multi-ride unit) Control column with upgraded
Barry
Dye Entertainments
01473
744287
1
P Regestration Escort Van Taxed And
Moted
1
R Regestration Transit Van Taxed And
Moted
1
10 X 10 Inflatable House With Rain
Cover
1
Inflatable Slide in the shape of the back end of
the
1
Inflatable assult couse 33 X 10 consisting of a
bif
and bash a
bouncy bed and a slide
1
Inflatable pirate ship 24 X 17 X 17 consisting
of
bif and bash
bouncy bed and a slide
1
Inflatable Boxing Ring 15 X 15 with 4 gloves 2
red
1
bungee run 33 X 12 dual lane with 2 harnesses and
7
velcro pad
markers with storage sack also with a metal
1
surf similator 15 X 15 bouncy bed with a control
box
1
Draw bridge bouncy castle 12 X 12
1
A frame bouncy castle 15 X 15