This bouncy castle isn't arriving what do I do

[Grk]

I've got my child's party in less than an hour I've ordered a castle for our garden the guy was meant to show up at 2 he hasn't and now his blocked me on message her surely that's obvious

I confirmed last night and he said yes I'll be there

Argh stressing now so I try and ringing another company see if they've got any space

What time is the party? How old and how many children? How much space (in and out) do you have?
Sure MNetters can suggest some last minute party ideas ....

Do you have the contact numbers for the parents of the other children arriving? I would create a WhatsApp group to explain your situation, I’m sure other people would have garden games, water pistoles etc to bring.

I would be so sympathetic to a mum in a last minute situation like that, parties are stressful, I’d be more than happy to help where I could

can you put a plea on a few local Facebook pages. There might be a company who can help last minute.

Party is for 6 children aged 9 years in our home it's a gaming party and toys so we've set up the switch on one tv and the Wii is another next to it . I've blowed up balloons and there's toys laid out in his room. And we have a pinata ready and was doing McDonald's for dinner

But the bouncy castle was like the icing on the cake it's only a 3 hour party
It's now 2.50pm and I have to get the kids in 10 mins there's no way we're going to get it now or find anyone else
I'm just so angry and I've phoned the guy his not awnserd . I want to send him a message later about letting your customer down his lost out £90 because I hadn't paid anything
Husband says don't because you don't want to make enemy

You were a placeholder while he waited for the go ahead on a bigger job. If he was going to deliver he’d have taken half the cost as a deposit and collected the rest when he came back for the castle. He’s a twat.

If he didn't take a deposit for a £90 job then he doesn't need or care about the job.

I'm sure they had a fab time! My experience of 9 yr olds is they'll love hanging out together and games consoles more than a bouncy castle anyway so don't worry. I'd leave a bad review, presumably you'll never use them again so why worry!

How did it go Grk? Hopefully nine year olds helped make their own entertainment. Happy Birthday to your DS or DD.

Wouldn’t worry about making an enemy, leave a review on his page for sure if you can. He shouldn’t get away with letting people down like that.

Thanks @MotherJessAndKittens it went well lots of gaming running around they loved the pinata still bit disappointed and I decorated all the garden up . I've messaged the guy I can't leave a review he doesn't have a review page I've just got a friend to search him and now it says his putting the business up for sale

A simple courtesy message wouldn't have gone amiss though

I wouldn’t worry OP. It sounds like you have plenty to keep the kids busy. Also I would have thought kids lose interest a bit in bouncy castles by age 9 do they not?