Welcome to The Balloon Shop, or known as T.B.S! Here you can make your own balloon and then dress it up with all sorts of items, some Gaian and some not. I'm Wickle, the owner. All funds will be going to my quest, which you can find at the bottom of the page in the "Links" section. I made every single graphic in these posts with MS Paint. I hope you enjoy your stay at The Balloon Shop! <3
x__TABLEofCONTENTS oo1: Introduction / Table of Contents
oo2: Updates
oo3: Rules
oo4: Build - A - Balloon
oo5: Balloon Items
oo6: Customs
oo7: How to Order
oo8: Order Forms
oo9: Auctions
o10: Giftboxes / Gift Certificates
o11: Blacklist / Whitelist
o12: Customers
o13: Reserved
o14: Reserved
o15: Banners / Affiliates / Links Out
arrow There are no refunds, sorry. arrow You MAY direct link. arrow I'll accept most items as payment for my quest. To see what I need, visit my quest thread at the bottom of the page.
x__RULES Anyone found breaking the rules for the first time will be warned. If it happens again, that user will be put onto the blacklist.
[1] Follow the Gaia ToS. [2] Be respectful to other users, including myself. [3] Do not advertise other threads, but advertisements in your siggy is fine. [4] Do not steal ANY of the graphics on this page. I worked hard on these. [5] Do not PM me about ANYTHING concerning this thread. Post all questions in the thread. If I don't get to it in 3 days, feel free to post it again. (Only PM me with questions concerning the thread if I give you permission.) [6] Try and be literate. ex. Not using things such as "u
,"ur", etc. "Lol", "ttyl", "gtg," is fine to use though. It's not required, but I don't want to have to go through countless posts which I can't understand. [7] Don't spam with pointless posts. Bumping is okay, but the posts must be 3 minutes apart. [8] Do not quote any of the posts on the first page. [8] Don't stretch the page.
x__BUILD-a-BALLOON All right, y'all. This is an important post. I'll take you through this step by step.
1. These are the basic balloon colors. If you want a custom colored balloon, please see post 6. I am only doing SOLID custom colors right now.
2. Now, with every balloon, you must choose a string. There are two styles of string.
3. If you want, you can even choose a string color! If you choose a different color other than black, it will cost an extra 10g.
4. These are the EYES to put onto your balloon. The eyes are always black.
5. You might be asking about mouths. Well, those will cost a teensy bit more. Some people might not want mouths on their balloons. Every mouth costs 10g. If you do want a mouth on your balloon, here are the styles. Please remember that they do cost more.
THE PRICE FOR THE BASIC BALLOON, STRING (black), AND EYES COSTS 200g. The string price might depend based on your color choice and you also might buy a mouth, so it'll vary.
x__balloonITEMS Now to dress your balloon up. You don't have to buy items for your balloon. You could just order a balloon with eyes on it. The items are optional. All prices are listed in the charts. You can only buy ONE item per equip area.
1. Here are the items that you can equip to the balloon's eyes.
2. Here are the items you can equip to the balloon's neck.
3. Here are the items you can equip to the balloon's head.
I am only doing solid custom colored balloons right now.
Solid custom colored balloons cost 300g (not including items and other costs). The eyes and string come along with it as usual. In the order form, try and be as specific as you can (color codes and such would help greatly). Otherwise I'll try to match it up as best as I could.
x__HOWtoORDER arrow Once you have filled out the order form, post it in the thread. arrow After that, send the trade for the proper amount. Make sure to put the page # your order form is on in the trade label. arrow Then I'll work on your order. After I finish, I'll save and upload. Then I will confirm the trade. arrow Once you confirm the trade and I recieve the gold (or items), PM me to tell me that you've finished the trade. I will then send you your order(s) via PM.
Once in a while I have an auction with some sort of fancy balloon(s) in it. If you would like to place a bid on a balloon, please fill out the form for it.
arrow There are 2 balloons up for auction right now. arrow The auction will end at December 10th, 4:00 P.M. PST. arrow The starting bid for each is 350g (not including item costs, etc.) arrow And of course, your balloon won't have lines through it.
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To place a bid, please use this form.
[b]AUCTION BID
Balloon You're Bidding On:
Bid Amount:
Username:[/b]
arrow If you win the auction, I will PM you and you have 2 days to respond to that PM. Once you respond, I'll take the auction down and you can fill out the form for it (found in the Order Forms post.)
If you don't respond to the PM in 2 days, I will sell the balloon to the next highest bidder.
x__giftCERTIFICATES Still thinking about what to get for a gift for a friend? No problem. We offer TBS Gift Certificates. This is an example of a certificate:
Right now, that is the only style that it comes in. The certificate states who it is from, who it's for, the amount that the person is giving, and any additional comments. Right now you can only give gold in the certificates. Once you post the order form for the certificate, please send me the trade for the proper amount. Also, try not to make your comments too long.
x__GiFTBOXES
Please read this all, because the giftboxes are sort of confusing. xD
Just like normal wrapped presents, you can now buy a giftbox to hold a TBS present in. These boxes can either contain a gift certificate or a pre-made balloon (one you have made and already dressed up). It costs 100g to wrap it.
arrow First, decide what you want to put into the box. Either a gift certificate or a pre-made balloon. Put the two order forms (gift certificate OR balloon + giftbox order form) in one post together, so I don't get confused. Also pick which style you want your giftbox to be. arrow Second, after I have confirmed the trade and such, I will send the recipient a PM with the giftbox. The image will be linked to TBS, so the recipient can get here quickly and easily. In the image, there is a small number code in the bottom right hand corner. The recipient will be told to put that number down when opening the box here at TBS. (The recipient will be posting a certain form.) arrow Once I see the form and know it has been opened, I will send a PM to the recipient with the item that they have recieved.
Here is the only style and an example of the giftbox we have available right now:
(Of course, with the number in the corner.)
arrow If you would like, I could add a "To", "From", and comments at the very top for an extra 75g. Giftboxes with certificates inside might not need this because they already have the comments in the gift certificates.
If there are any questions about this system, please let me know.
Bad, bad, people. They will be banned from this shop. If you ever show up again, be prepared for some flaming. They have either broken the rules twice or p**ssed me off. scream
- No one. <3333
x__WHITELIST
They're awesome people. <333 If you see one of these people around the board, make sure to be respectful to them also. Don't ask to be on the whitelist. I put them on at random. cool
If you would like to be an affiliate, PM me with your shop banner. No banners bigger than 88 x 31 pixels. If the banner is bigger than that, I may or may not link you by text (depends on how big your banner is). I also reserve the right to refuse your request to be affiliates.