GamesForCanada.com (GFC) - Friendly Package Forwarding Service for Canada & The World

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GFC is Back in Business! Worldwide Package Forwarding & Item Ordering Services ^_^.

1) Direct Request (DR) Services - The service that started it all, our Direct Request (DR) Service allows you to buy just about anything you want from the USA and have us order it and ship it directly to you. This is perfect for those of you who are unable to buy from USA merchants that will not ship to Canada directly or who do not accept Canadian/International credit cards. We charge $2.00 per item ordered plus shipping. Additional fees apply for items weighing more than 5 pounds shipped or more than $150 USD in value. Our online form will calculate everything for you automatically and there's no obligation to buy anything until you check out with Paypal. Feel free to ask any questions you may have about our services.

2) Package Forwarding (PF) Services, Address & Rates - [PREMIUM SERVICE] If you want to order the items yourself, you can! You can order from any website that ships to the USA. Ship the items to our secure UPS mail box and we will repackage them and ship them to you in Canada (or any other country for that matter). Typical fees apply for this service as usual and you pay only $1.00 per package received at our mail location. Quick, easy and GREAT for limited-time sales when the Direct Request option may not be quick enough. Please note we cannot ship: meat, cigarettes or other nicotine items (including electronic cigarettes and their accessories), alcohol, weapons or gun accessories (including paintball/airsoft), pornographic materials, toxic chemicals (including several cleaning liquids), fertilizer or any items that are illegal to ship internationally. Also, any items containing NI-CD or LI-Ion Batteries can no longer be shipped via USPS (Laptops, cell phones, handheld game systems, etc.) and must be shipped via UPS instead. If you have questions about a particular item, please contact us first before ordering.  You will receive an Email invoice with PDF attachment explaining line-by-line details of all charges and full payment options. GFC PF Service Requires Premium Membership which costs $10.00 a month or $100.00 a year (discount of two free months) and is available in our GFC Store. Full details on website.

3) GYROS Updates - After you have ordered your items, filled out the forms and notified us of your order we will add your items to our GYROS page (generally within a week or less). Once your items have been received, we will invoice you for the shipping costs + our service charge. After receiving your payment, your items will be shipped out to you in a timely manner and you will receive an Email with all relevant shipping information ^_^. If you have any questions feel free to Email us at [email protected] .

Service Charges (Free Members):

GFC Charges $2.00 per item forwarded for standard or "Free" Members. Please note that an item in this case refers to each item within the packages you ship to us. So if you were to order say 2 DVD Movies, an Umbrella and a Towel, this would count as 4 items total. Items that are sold in "Lots" such as multiple baseball cards will be counted as one item, subject to our discretion. Also, UPS Charges me to pick up the packages, so there will be an additional charge of $1.00 per package received. I will add into the invoice for you when I get your iitems in.

For larger orders, an extra $5.00 USD surcharge is added for each 5 pounds your package weighs OR per $150 in value of their total contents (example: a 5 pound package would cost an additional $5.00 USD, a 10 pound package would cost an additional $10.00 USD OR a $150 item (or group of items totaling $150 or more) would have an additional $5.00 USD charged, a $300 group of items would have an additional $10.00 USD charged). Please note that this will be either a weight or cost surcharge and not both, but the greater of the two will be what is charged. An item weighing 14 pounds will still only be $10 added as it didn't yet reach the 15 pound mark. This will be shown on your invoice and will be clearly explained. In the near future, this service charge will be automatically calculated for package forwarding items the way it is currently automatically calculated on our Direct Request 2.0 system.

So Again the things to remember:

1) Ship to the address above
2) Ship all packages in my name (James Parks) and if you want to include your information as a “Gift Message” on the order, you certainly can do that. This is required though to be in my name as the UPS store will only sign for packages in my name and will refuse all others.
3) You MUST fill out the Direct Request (DR) form on the link above to let me know what’s coming
4) Once I receive your DR submission and all your items, I will invoice you for the shipping cost plus service fees.


Service Charges (GFC Premium):

GFC Charges $1.00 per item forwarded. Please note that an item in this case refers to each item within the packages you ship to us. So if you were to order say 2 DVD Movies, an Umbrella and a Towel, this would count as 4 items total. Items that are sold in "Lots" such as multiple baseball cards will be counted as one item, subject to our discretion. Also, UPS Charges me to pick up the packages, so there will be an additional charge of $1.00 per package received. I will add into the invoice for you when I get your iitems in.

For larger orders, an extra $5.00 USD surcharge is added for each 5 pounds your package weighs OR per $150 in value of their total contents (example: a 5 pound package would cost an additional $5.00 USD, a 10 pound package would cost an additional $10.00 USD OR a $150 item (or group of items totaling $150 or more) would have an additional $5.00 USD charged, a $300 group of items would have an additional $10.00 USD charged). Please note that this will be either a weight or cost surcharge and not both, but the greater of the two will be what is charged. An item weighing 14 pounds will still only be $10 added as it didn't yet reach the 15 pound mark. This will be shown on your invoice and will be clearly explained. In the near future, this service charge will be automatically calculated for package forwarding items the way it is currently automatically calculated on our Direct Request system.

So Again the things to remember:

1) Ship to the address above
2) Ship all packages in my name (James Parks) and if you want to include your information as a “Gift Message” on the order, you certainly can do that. This is required though to be in my name as the UPS store will only sign for packages in my name and will refuse all others.
3) You MUST fill out the Direct Request (DR) form on the link above to let me know what’s coming
4) Once I receive your DR submission and all your items, I will invoice you for the shipping cost plus service fees.

Estimated Shipping Costs:

The following are shipping estimates for standards weights. This will give you a pretty good idea of how much it will cost to ship your item to Canada. If you live in another country, feel free to inquire by contacting us directly.

For all items from 0 - 4 pounds we typically use USPS First Class Mail:

$00.00 = 0 Pounds / Digital Items
$09.00 = 6 ounces
$09.00 = 7 ounces
$09.50 = 12 ounces
$11.00 = 1 Pound
$16.50 = 2 Pounds
$22.00 = 3 Pounds
$27.50 = 4 Pounds

For all items from 5 pounds and up we typically use USPS Priority Mail:

$38.00 = 5 Pounds
$40.00 = 6 Pounds
$42.50 = 7 Pounds
$45.00 = 8 Pounds
$47.50 = 9 Pounds
$49.50 = 10 Pounds
$52.00 = 11 Pounds
$54.50 = 12 Pounds
$57.50 = 13 Pounds
$55.00 = 14 Pounds
$62.50 = 15 Pounds
$60.00 = 16 Pounds
$63.00 = 17 Pounds
$70.00 = 18 Pounds
$72.50 = 19 Pounds
$75.00 = 20 Pounds
$77.50 = 21 Pounds
$80.00 = 22 Pounds
$83.00 = 23 Pounds
$85.50 = 24 Pounds
$88.00 = 25 Pounds

For any items over 25 pounds, we'll have to manually invoice you.

On Hold & Unclaimed Merchandise:

GFC allows you to send items to our secure UPS Package Forwarding address (listed above). After you order your items it is your responsibility to properly fill out our Package Forwarding (PF) Form on our website located here: http://www.gamesforcanada.com/package-forwarding.php . Once you do this, we will be notified of the items you have ordered and you will pre-pay the shipping/service charges up front for us to process and re-ship them to you.

The first 30 days are free to hold all Package Forwarding items.This is plenty of time for you to successfully order from the various stores that you want and submit our PF form to notify us. This also allows for adequate time for you to request us to combine items into a single package.

After 30 days, there will be a $5.00 USD charge per ITEM per week (flat rate fee) until the payment has been paid in full. Since you are pre-paying for the item costs, you will be responsible for both shipping to your country, our GFC Service Charges and any processing fees associated with the transaction.

After 90 days, GFC will not be responsible for unclaimed or missing merchandise sent to us at our Package Forwarding address. We suggest that you fully insure all orders sent to our address in case of loss or damage as we will not be responsible for missing or damaged goods.

 
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i have a situation, there is this deal going on right now but it ends today or tomorrow, i'm not sure and my paypal/bank is confirming my funds that are going in and its not for till this weekend and the deal will most likely be over already.

is it possible to get you to buy it and hold it for me till my funds are confirmed?

altho this is wishful thinking. :|
 
bouzi, got your request/payment and am going to order your items now :) Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you like the new system. It's not quite perfect yet, but I'm working on it almost 2-4 hours a day. I'm going to keep doing so until it works as I fully intend. Thanks again!

Winnopeg, I'm aware of the address issue you're referring to. I'm going to see if I can fix it tonight and tomorrow so no worries. I did get your request and will process accordingly.

kinun, I typically don't do this because I've been cheated several times in the past. Feel free to PM me with the specifics though and I'll try to work out something with you :) Thanks.

Kalis, I typically hold onto these types of things long because as you know games tend to drop in value fast. If you want to pre-pay me for a copy then I can probably get you one for that price. Otherwise, keep in mind I have a new copy going on sale next week. Thanks.

JoJoBlue, glad to hear it. I will get right on that.

Ninja Robot Pirate, that's awesome! I'm glad you like my green bubble wrap :) I change it by season. I have had blue, green, and purple in the past. Next will probably be red or yellow. Like trying new things =) Glad you got to have a little Simpsons Marathon! Keep in touch.
 
Ordered a "Koss Custom Fit Noise Isolating Earbuds – 2 Pack" to your UPS address

The $1.00 is for your UPS pickup fee, and I forgot to pay the $1.00 last time for the mp3 players, as you pointed out, but I DID have a balance of 12.40 with you at the same, so take the $1.00 out of there.

To add to all the confusion, I said I'd pay for the order out of the balance in the comment, but like an idiot, I paid for the entire order in paypal!!! So we still have a standing balance of $11.40 at the moment. Unless you feel like refunding that stupid, stupid payment lol, which would make it only $1.90

[quote name='kinun']i have a situation, there is this deal going on right now but it ends today or tomorrow, i'm not sure and my paypal/bank is confirming my funds that are going in and its not for till this weekend and the deal will most likely be over already.

is it possible to get you to buy it and hold it for me till my funds are confirmed?

altho this is wishful thinking. :|[/QUOTE]

Perhaps you can share what the item is and how much for (but not necessarily where from, if you dont want to.) If I'm moderately interested, I might not mind putting up the cash for it and keeping it if your bank doesn't come through for you :)

First-time customer?
 
emjaymj, yup I have now applied your past credit towards this item and yes you do still have $11.40 credit remaining ^_^ so no worries. The reason I had the disconnect before was that I didn't previously know your CAG name and now that my system is a bit more organized I applied your past credit to this order. Thanks! Feel free to use this credit for another order, or else I can just hold onto it for you and it will apply next time I invoice you. Sometime in February I hope to have all your current balances show up in real-time on the site. This is a huge update though so it'll take me some time to work on it.

Edit: I will go ahead now and refund you for the recent $9.50 payment. Though I have to laugh at your write-ups for the payment...you're very creative =)
 
Guys, it seems that almost all of the problems with the new forms/system is related to non-registered users. I am going to leave the DR Classic service for non-registered users and the new DR 2.0 system will require you to be registered. If you are registered and still experiencing ANYTHING out of the ordinary, please let me know. Thanks :)
 
goomba, the Amazon price for 12 months of live is back at $30 and has no restrictions if you want to stock up. You could easily sell out of whatever you order at $35 a piece if I post a link to your storefront on redflagdeals and neogaf.
 
Hi Goomba,

I would like to know if I can buy something by my own and give your address or if I send you the link of what I'm looking to buy and you buy it for me? I went to U.S last summer and bought a laptop which have a free update to Win 7 but they only ship to U.S address. I wonder if I could use your services

Thanks,

Jo
 
I shall look into that immediately Firestorm :) Thanks!

jonat2, You can do either. If you want to ship to my secure UPS address just let me know and I will send you the information via PM and then I can ship it up to you. Or you can use the Direct Request service and we'll order it for you. Either way let me know. Thanks!
 
We are sorry. This item has limited purchase quantity. Because you have purchased the maximum allowable quantity in the past you cannot buy any more units of this item. limit = 0

So much for that :) Thanks Firestorm though. I did try to order a few.
 
Guys, I have 6 Xbox Live Card Codes available for sale in the GFC store. These are pre-orders for next weekend (should be here by then, maybe sooner). These are strictly first come, first served. Also, if you have already ordered one or more from our Direct Request service, please leave these for others who have not received one through our service. Thanks again guys!

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Xbox Live 12 Month Card Code
$35.00 USD from GFC Store - http://gamesforcanada.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=56
 
Guys, this may seem like common sense...but if you are using our Direct Request customer and using the "Direct Funds" option. PLEASE include the Order number with your payment on Paypal, and if possible a little note about what it's for. Too many times I am getting payments from new customers and it just says "You've got a payment" and nothing else. Takes a lot of time to figure out what order it's for and kind of kills the purpose of the automated form :) Thanks guys.
 
** GFC UPDATE **

I just spent almost 8 hours programming behind the scenes on the new site and fixing bugs left and right. We're a lot closer to being bug-free, with a few minor exceptions. Here are a couple big things I've updated:

1) Order Number is now established on the main DR 2.0 page and this number will follow you through the other pages and shouldn't change as it was before.

2) User information SHOULD enter automatically after you log in and follow you through the various steps. If it doesn't, please let me know. Keep in mind that un-registered users will soon not be able to request with the DR 2.0 system and will have to instead use the DR Classic page. This will change next week.

3) Direct Funds option now mentions to send the payment as a personal / gift payment. Since a lot of people don't know about this, they send the money but then later get charged fees. I will have to evaluate this in the future, but I may require pre-payment for all direct request items (meaning you'd load credit to your account and checking out would deduct from your totals). More on this soon.

I will continue to pack, order, invoice and ship out items =) and of course will keep coding away. We will make GFC as close to perfect as possible ^_^
 
Tetsugen, I found a place selling new ones for $33.00 USD. Probably be around $40 USD shipped to Canada. Not sure if that's a good deal or not to you. Let me know what you are looking for price range and if you want new or used or whatever :)
 
Hey there Firestorm, no hard feelings man. You actually do have an invoice, I just didn't list it on the GYROS yet because you submitted it before the new order number generator was in effect. I'll go and generate one for you :) give me like 5 minutes.
 
Oh ok. I'll pay you now and you can PM me the codes on you get them. I don't have the e-mail saved anymore. What was it for non-credit card funded PayPal?
 
Someone just tried ordering a Gucci Purse but the name and shipping address didn't come through. Can you please contact me if this is you. I'm working on requiring users to sign in for the DR 2.0 system but haven't completed it yet. Thanks!
 
Okay, it's official. To use the new DR 2.0 system you MUST be registered and logged into the system. If you have any trouble with either (registering or logging in) please let me know and I'll look into it. This should make the experience a lot less buggy as before I had too many user/guest checks that were the cause of the address errors and such.

Now, the order number should dynamically attach to your order from the get-go and should retain all your user information. This is important because starting next month, the site will keep track of your orders in your member profile page and your rewards points will be accessible as well. Exciting times.

So many updates, so little time!
 
JoJoBlue, I assume you're asking about the Xbox 360 controller. I put that in the GYROS because after the processing fees on your order, $4.50 USD remained due before I can ship it out. I'll reconfirm the shipping weight once I have the item in my office and can get a more accurate weight, and if any money is due I'll send you the invoice at that time. Thanks! If you have any questions I can try my best to answer them for you :)

Edit: The $4.50 included a $2.00 optional insurance charge. If you don't want insurance than you'd only owe $2.50 to cover the credit card processing fee. Thanks again.
 
Wasn't shipping $6.50 for shipping for 1lb and under? At least, amazon lists it as 15.3ounces. Although, Microsoft lists it as 9.35 ounces.
 
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JoJoBlue, I saw that too but the problem is that is the product weight and not the shipping weight. Once you add in a cardboard box and some padding, you're talking around 1.5 pounds shipped. Trust me on this :)
 
Ah damn, screwed up again... Did Amazon ship yet? If not, is it possible to cancel it? It's now crossed the line of "I could have gotten this cheaper and faster in Canada." Would paypal allow for a full refund?
 
JoJoBlue, unfortunately yes it was already shipped to me (I have Amazon Prime so they tend to ship instantly). Sorry buddy. Hopefully you're right and the package weighs less than I'm thinking.
 
Ah well, I guess if I do this again, I'll ask you for a price confirmation before I order.

Grr... stupid Paypal and their crummy exchange rate. I'll also need to look into a better way of exchanging currencies...

How heavy is a typical game?
 
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Yeah this is why I really recommend the "Direct Request Classic" service for newcomers as they are better for estimates. I will give you accurate weights and prices for the entire order.

Average game weighs 6 ounces shipped. Thanks!

I'm off to bed now guys. Appreciate it ^_^
 
I PM'd you back hayabusa. Your numbers seem pretty accurate, so why don't you go ahead and put an official request on the GFC site :) If you have any questions just let me know. Thanks!
 
I just spent about an hour and a half fixing the GYROS updates page (so it's using more proper CSS code. It's not entirely finished, but it's looking a lot better now if you ask me. Most of these changes are behind the scenes, so don't expect to see much difference :) Just opening the way for future changes to it.

Back to shipping! I took today off from work again to catch up. We're getting there! ^_^
 
Goomba, I am keeping an eye out on the Amazon goldbox deals this week. Could you please pm me with your UPS address so if anything comes up, I can just order, pay and ship it to you and work out the rest later.
 
Oh man Apollo! Use spoiler tags next time ;) Not all of have seen the entire Rocky series movies. I'd hate to think we just ruined someone's experience there. Yeah, but still can't beat the US Flag shorts lol.
 
Another perfect packaged arrived this morning. Took a small breather from MW2 to write and thank you for your services as always. ;) I'll leave some CAG feedback right after this.
 
Thanks a bunch CrushEm! I never get tired of thank you's ^_^ It's what makes the process all worthwhile. I appreciate it and look forward to working on your next package :) It's being shipped to me at the end of this week and then I'll forward it to you right away. Cya soon!
 
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