I wanted to pick up balloons for a friend's birthday, as I, was the birthday gift; brought all the way from the far country of the Midwest by my friend's husband, (I know, isn't that just too cool!).
Wonderful! There is a Party City. I don't travel much, however, when I do, I take comfort when there are some semblances of "home", (not that I go to Party City back home but we do have them).
...And true to form, if you've gone to one party store you've gone to all of the party stores. The stores layout was easy, everything was orderly, neat and tidy. The young ladies who were working seemed to run things in an orderly efficient fashion. There were three balloon service clerks who worked well together. The young lady who helped me was kind and explained how things worked, ("You select your latex balloons from over there and give them to me..."). She was helpful and upbeat. The cashier was equally professional, happy... In fact, smiles and service were in abundance.
My only disappointment was the main $9.99 mylar balloon that I selected, lost some of it's helium, within about 15 minutes away from the store. I don't know if it was the heat of the day, (just walking from the store to the truck) that effected this particular balloon. The others were fine - perhaps it was the clamping of the balloon... So the smiley was a bit deflated for our birthday girl, but of course, she had smiles all around because, SURPRISE - look who showed up - who cares about a silly balloon.
Party City - Gastonia, NC you're good - just work on that helium for the mylar balloons. read more