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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[quote name='goomba478']Guys I'm back from the bank now. I'm going to be in the chat room while I handle your orders and will be calling Mrs. Goomba at 8:00 (I'll still be in the chat room but may not be chatting as frequently for 20 minutes or so). If you want to join in with a question or just say hi the chat room is here:

http://www.gamesforcanada.com/chat.html

Cya there![/QUOTE]

Just wondering if your email's running fine now... the first email I sent you got bounced back to me but the 2nd one SEEMED to go through. Noticed you haven't ordered yet so I'm just wondering if there might be a problem?
 
Email should be working now. Feel free to send me a test message. There was a few hours it was acting flakey but looks good. Let me try your order now.
 
Hi Goomba, I'd like to have an update on my order (#1088). I think it's been a week or even more since you ordered the Xbox 360 FightStick. Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
BaddestMan
 
emjaymj, all should be well. Let me know if you got the order confirmation Email (and if you could forward it to me for my record that'd be great). Thanks!
 
Just wondering if there's any word on order numbers #1067 / #1079 / #1082. No hurry, but they seem to be taking awhile to get to you = /. Thanks in advance!
 
[quote name='goomba478']emjaymj, all should be well. Let me know if you got the order confirmation Email (and if you could forward it to me for my record that'd be great). Thanks![/QUOTE]

I got the email and I've forwarded it. Thanks a million times over :)

I'm filling DR's just to help you organize the shipping
 
Guys I will update you on the orders tonight. Right now it's most important that I just pack, pack, pack. I spent all day invoicing and such and I want to get out as many items as possible tomorrow. Chances are yours are included so I will update GYROS as I go along :) Thanks!
 
Still packing the heck out of items for you guys :) My office is once again slowly looking more like an office and less like a cardboard processing facility ^_^
 
So I decided to file all the DR's I've been putting off while waiting to find out just how much credit I have with you.

I placed 7 orders! Only 3 of them are part of the big gamestop order I placed. The 8 games I pre-ordered come out within 2 weeks (Tuesday, May 11th, 18th, and 25th) of each other so I split it into 3 orders corresponding to common release dates. So there's 4 more orders on top of that, plus the Arkham Asylum game that has already been ordered for me. A total of at least 8 orders/packages I can expect from you in the next little while!

I also just spent over an hour looking through email messages, forum posts, pm's, and paypal transactions to figure out just how much credit I have. It was confusing but after sorting through a lot of back-and-forth stuff and unclear messages, I'm pretty sure I actually used up all my previous credit. What a waste of time -_____- I already sent you $20 sometime within the past week, so an additional $42.50 (plus that pending transaction, obviously), SHOULD be enough to cover absolutely everything, so I'll be sending that very shortly.
 
Yes Rogan, I'm packing your Zombies as we speak :)

emjaymj, haha I see that you placed 7 orders. Go you! Since you have separate DR's for the Gamestop games would you prefer me to ship them in groups like that? That's fine with me. Oh and yes, you're correct. Your past credit was used up (I could have looked it up for you...despite not having it live on the site, I keep REALLY good records of these things). Send the money when you can and we'll work out the details. Thanks MJ!
 
[quote name='goomba478']Since you have separate DR's for the Gamestop games would you prefer me to ship them in groups like that?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's why I organized it like that, to make it rather automatic. The games in each group SHOULD be arriving with one another anyways, hopefully. It works out well though because the extra $5 per $150 in value you charge makes it work out to $5 MORE (by my estimates) if I just wait for every single game to come in and lump them into a single shipment. Not only that, but I'd be paying that extra $5 to wait up to 2 weeks longer for my games. With the pricing structure it just makes more sense... and I assume there's some sort of rationale to that premium charge so I don't feel like I'm just depriving you of that extra $5 lol

Besides, the value of the package has to be declared as less than $60 (as you are well aware) to avoid taxes, and it's not a HUGE stretch to do it with 3 games (under $20 each, definitely not unheard of). 8 games, on the other hand, would be a lot harder to justify at less than $7.50 per game :lol:
 
LOL I'm not worried about it. Like I said, it works out to be around the same to me because I save on shipping supplies by using the ones that come from the store. Otherwise I have to use one of my own boxes, extra tape, etc. Hence the reason for these extra charges :) So not a problem at all. Thanks again for taking the time to organize the orders.
 
What? I don't get an awesometastic flickr picture to tease my fancy with? :p

Oh, I totally forgot to mention about my random awesomeness that was my weekend (you know, because this thread is totally my soap box).

I didn't know this, but my leadership group that I have been in for the past year or so just went on a retreat this weekend (which is why I was mia). The interesting gaming related part? A sony field rep (who will be left unnamed) is in my group and I didn't even know.

There are only 54 playstation employees in the entirety of Canada apparently.

I didn't get much time to talk to him, just about a half hour before we went to bed I somehow managed to hit up a conversation with him (there were only like 60 people there, but I normally am off being eccentric with the group and getting 2 hours of sleep). He gave me a very interesting perspective on Sony's future plans, the Move, and even let me play ModNation Racers on his PSP.

The PSP version, while being slightly stripped down, was awesome. It may feel a lot like Mario Kart, but I found the game a lot harder. I found that despite normally being very good at games in generally -- especially kart racers -- I was having immense trouble even on expert. I was still a little hazy at recognizing what items shot what though, but they were fairly interesting. I wish, though, there was a tiny bit more variety (I played several races and the weapons were pretty run of the mill, but this could have just been the PSP version). You can expect most of the same as Mario Kart, but it also has a universal boost that you can gauge up by doing tricks, getting air time, taking short cuts, or hitting opponents with weaponry.

After playing, I'm definitely convinced to buy it -- even at $60. Hopefully, it's a PSN network game that I can gameshare because $60 is more than I could afford, but if I had the money I totally would. Why? Because it saves me buying Mario Kart Wii and I can get a better online experience. While Mario Kart does have some fun offerings such as the battle arena (which I hope was in some version of ModNation Racers), the truncated online is a little tedious for the Wii. Also, you can totally replicate the track layout of all the Mario Kart tracks (although, not the visual style). Totally cool. Totally worth checking out when it comes out next month.

He also gave me some other random information such as some accurate within a couple hundred thousand sales numbers of the PS3, and said some numbers that I didn't really care about... But it was interesting. Something about 360 versus PS3 in sales numbers. I agree with his view that the 360 has a 10 million lead, but that's inflated due to the red ring re-purchasers. However, at the same time, he said that they have way more online users on the playstation network. Sometimes, I wonder, if he realizes how many people gameshare (he did say he did it himself though).

He also gave me a try at playing the PSP Go, which I got to say, it is as awesome as Greg Miller from IGN said it to be. The PSP Go has the ability to sync the playstation six axis or dual shock with the PSP, so you can play any game with a controller -- a feature that I never even heard of before. Also, the thing is very small, has an intense battery life, but feels way more comfortable to control than the flat brick style of the PSP. Even if UMD's are dirt cheap, I am now really tempted to buy one because honestly... You want all your games on a single cartridge when your going portable -- that's the reason for them. It's the same reason I spent a shit load of money on an R4 mod for my DS -- I own all the games I pirate (the good ones anyway), but I like having everything on 1 cartridge. It is also apparently $200 now in Canada (superstore specifically he mentioned). I think you may find me buying of these very soon. Also, because my brother also has a PSP, we can buy games on the PSN and game share them between us. While you can only register a single account at a time (from what I remember personally) on a PSP, you can still game share up to 5 times. If me and my brother both log in to the same account, we can just share all the content. Unfortunately, the game shares cross over from the PS3 too, so I can't use my master account because I forget who I have shared with.

He also said that Sony has no ability what so ever to wipe any game shares at all unless you do it personally. It's in their privacy act that they can't (he even lost a gameshare because of it).

Although, the interesting part was the Move. He hasn't tried it yet, but he is on Tuesday. He, although, definitely gave a lot of praise to it that was similar to my feelings. Like me, he is optimistic of the technology (he works for them though, but knowing the guy personally for over a year definitely makes me trust the guy) and told me a lot of stuff I didn't really know before.

I think it's been announced, but the Move is being talked with coming out for $100 with a couple peripherials. Apparently, it's also got a shit load of SKU's in the fashion of Sony. He said nothing was finalized though.

But the technology in the things was cool... I didn't know this, but it's got a magnetic sensor which can also calculate the distance between the two controllers. What I didn't know though was how the subcontroller does not have the giant ball on the end. This means that you can have sword+shield combat with a moveable character since the move controller doesn't have an analog stick. In my opinion, a huge oversight.

With the 20+ games he talked about (I don't know if all of them were announced and I don't want to kill his job), I definitely think Sony is planning to not only support this thing, but also one up the Wii. Maybe not, but I hope they pull it off because I'd really like an excuse to stop buying Wii stuff and to stop the motion controller bashing. I believe in motion controllers, I just believe that the Wii overpromised and under delivered tarnishing the name.

Oh, and apparently something about Sony has been working on motion controllers (Doctor whatever his name is) for 8 years and has been doing stuff since the Playstation Eye (the first one). Also, that, the Move controller will also be able to face track as successfully as the Natal, but also have the 3D depth where needed with the wands (making a neat concept for a boxing game). Aaaaaaand, last little interesting news... I guess...

Sony apparently licensed the exact same technology used in Natal 4 years ago in 2006, and Doctor WhatsHisName didn't particularly liked it at let the license run out. Then, at CES '08, Microsoft saw it and picked up an exclusive contract a year later.

I just found it interesting that Sony already had their finger on the technology, but didn't believe in it, but still supported their Eye games.

Can you tell I'm kind of in love with this guy?
 
Rogan your awesome photo is coming soon :) And please...we don't use Flikr, we use Google Images ^_^ Check your facts please.

I'm going to read your wall of text now :)
 
Rogan, WOW. Great little Sony Write up there :) I'd like to claim it as as GFC exclusive. You heard it here first folks!

On the many things you said, I think the ModNation Racers sounds AWESOME on the PSP and I was really impressed by the PSP Go as well (I found out about the DS3/SIXAXIS support after seeing it in the Sony Style Store and thought it was a system seller). I do wish there was a way to transfer old games from UMDs to the Go, but I will get one when the price comes down a bit. at $200 I'd totally be sold on it. Oh and the PS3 Move stuff does interest me though I won't buy it at launch. I will definitely give it a go though. Thanks for the scoop. Oh and I did find two mistakes in your text here (my corrections in parenthesis...or at least what I assume to be what you meant to say).

This means that you can (can't) have sword+shield combat with a moveable (movable) character since the move controller doesn't have an analog stick. In my opinion, a huge oversight.
 
hey Goomba, sorry to keep harping, but any updates on:

#1063 / 533212753 - Canon EW-78E Lens Hood - Paid. Item Ordered. Waiting for Item.

You mentioned that you might be expecting to get it over weekend because it was in your town, but it seemed like that didn't happen. It is now pushing 4 weeks for an item that is listed as in stock..???

Thanks!
 
What I meant was, while you CAN have a sword+shield combat, you can't ALSO have analog movement control.

The subcontroller has an analog stick and only some accelerometers (I think) and magnetic sensors (I know it) similarly to the Wii's Nunchuk. Since it doesn't have the giant glowing gem ball, the playstation eye can NOT track it's movements. Therefore, you can only have free 3D space control over a single weapon at a time (whichever hand you control the move with).

To have sword and shield combat, you'd wield 2 move controllers so each hand could be tracked independently. Unfortunately, you now have no analog movement capabilities -- think Wii Boxing.

I was a bit taken aback that the thing would cost $100 though. Still, I adopted the Playstation Eye, and I'll get the motion stuff. I want to support the stuff to try and make sure it doesn't die out. Unfortunately, that bit me in the ass with the Eye. Which, I remember that he reminded me that there was a little demo of scanning in a picture and making it a "tank" where you could shoot other players playing the tanks. I saw it on Gamespot years back and thought it was a legitimate game. Apparently, it never came out and wasn't ever planned as a game.

I want to try and get in contact with the guy on Wednesday and get his impressions on the games when he actually plays them. The builds that the media is getting are apparently not as up-to-date as they think they are.
 
PooPooRocket it didn't show up yet but today the Post Office left me an orange ticket that said "Come to the Post Office to Pick up a package". It was marked as "Various" so I think my post office workers were just being lazy and didn't knock on my door to let me know I had boxes that didn't fit into my mail box.

I shall let you know ^_^ I know it is really weird but again it wasn't shipped by Amazon directly and they use weird shipping methods at other companies. I do expect yours to be one of the 6+ packages the USPS is holding for me at my local Post Office. I'm going there tomorrow to drop off all the packages I packed today. Sorry man, I really am going to let you know when it's in =P I know it's taking forever. It's not intentional but I do believe it's at the post office...
 
Rogan, please note that your photos even feature the new fuzzy black felt background. No more cheap leather chair for a background folks. GFC is moving on up!
 
** GFC Whirlwind Mode **

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** Keep in mind that new orders are constantly coming in, so I am actually processing more than it would appear based on numbers alone ^_^ **

Currently Working: 4/27/2010 = (10AM-12PM & 10PM-2:00 AM EST).
Orders to Process: 75 TOTAL (63 DR's [All Pre-Paid Orders have been processed] & 12 Package Forwarding Orders).

I will update GYROS as I go along and will answer Emails when I have time. Thanks guys!

Oh and please remember if you pre-pay your item as soon as you request it your order will be processed right away. For time-sensitive orders either choose this method or the Package Forwarding method if you are able to do so. All other orders will be treated as "estimate inquiries" and will be processed when we have time to do so, in the order that we receive them. Thanks! Back to work now ^_^

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I am off to bed now guys. Only one more day working at the casino and then I get three days off. Lots of GFC stuff got done today and a ton more will get done this week. For the record of the 63 DR's listed above, only maybe 3 or 4 of them are real orders and many are estimates and such. Just haven't sorted them all through. I will be invoicing for the majority of them, including the estimates within the next week =)

I say it a lot but I mean it, than you for all of your support!
 
I feel honored to be one of the first, if not the first, to be featured on the new GFC throne. I also feel equally excited to be getting my game for next weekend! Such a good couple of weeks!
 
It seems that unfortunately MDR isn't going to be a PSN network game -- kinda bummed about that.

What's the cheapest price you can get on MNR Goomb?

I also wish 3D Dot Game Heroes was on the network instead of on disc... The game for $40 is too expensive for my liking.
 
from rogan's wall of amusing text.
It's the same reason I spent a shit load of money on an R4 mod for my DS -- I own all the games I pirate (the good ones anyway), but I like having everything on 1 cartridge.
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I'm curious how much, saw that was going to mention http://www.dealextreme.com/ but apprently they don't have them there anymore, but they do have tons of other stuff, and google has everything :)

http://www1.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_12996_1.jpg
from keychains to replacement psp/ds screens
 
Goomba Very important! Order #103032624. There was something in the auction that i didn't notice. Is there anyway you could talk to the ebay seller and come to a mutual cancel and use some of the money to reimuburse his listing if needed?
 
[quote name='evantrees']from rogan's wall of amusing text.
I'm curious how much, saw that was going to mention http://www.dealextreme.com/ but apprently they don't have them there anymore, but they do have tons of other stuff, and google has everything :)

http://www1.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_12996_1.jpg
from keychains to replacement psp/ds screens[/QUOTE]

If I remember correctly, I can get R4's locally for $70 + $10 for a 2 Gig micro SD card.

R4's are kind of outdated though because they don't support Micro SDHC, so you got a 2 gig limit. Which, in some cases, is like 1-3 games whle in others you got like 8.
 
[quote name='evantrees']from rogan's wall of amusing text.
I'm curious how much, saw that was going to mention http://www.dealextreme.com/ but apprently they don't have them there anymore, but they do have tons of other stuff, and google has everything :)

http://www1.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_12996_1.jpg
from keychains to replacement psp/ds screens[/QUOTE]

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/r4ds-original-3-free-shipping-880952/
Check out this entire thread before making decision where to purchase. DXE had to stop selling them because of DMCA complaint.
 
[quote name='RoganSarine']If I remember correctly, I can get R4's locally for $70 + $10 for a 2 Gig micro SD card.

R4's are kind of outdated though because they don't support Micro SDHC, so you got a 2 gig limit. Which, in some cases, is like 1-3 games whle in others you got like 8.[/QUOTE]

Whaaaa? I could fit like 20 average games on it. If they were all like Elite Beat Agents, REALLY large games, then maybe you could fit like 6 games on it, but that's absolute minimum and I don't even think there are that many games on it.

Did you not trim your ROMs before loading them on or something?

I admittedly haven't even used it in like a year, but I doubt that much has changed. Still, I think I spent about $50 on my combo and got so many hours of play from it that it was easily one of the best purchases I ever made.

My Wii, on the other hand, is an absolute work of art. Over 100 games being served from a Terabyte external HDD that's not even close to full, with a gorgeous interface that lets me pick my game from an on-scren carousel of 3-dimensional game cases with cover art, sorted whichever way I please, and tons of WiiWare and VC games installed to a SDHC card. That was a great update... the ability to launch straight from the SD card that is, though the support for SDHC was critical too. Up until that point the limited system memory meant you couldn't have such an accessible library of WW/VC comparable to the usb-loaded disc-based game libraries available. Again, haven't played my Wii in a while, but people were working on a USB NAND emulator to load that stuff off as well, though it wasn't very good.

My Wii will be dusted off soon though because I am without a doubt going to brutally violate Mario Galaxy 2 in ways my parents would disown me for. I tend get bored of games quickly, generally not even getting to the end, let alone 100%ing them. In SMG1, I 100%ed Mario, and IMMEDIATELY played the game again with Luigi, 100%ed him and then got that bonus star with each (if I remember correctly) all within about week. 2nd playthroughs in today's much longer games are incredibly rare for me (many NES/gameboy/arcade games have dozens and some even hundred of playthroughs), and getting a corrupted savefile or FORGETTING to save and losing even like half an hour of play can cause me to just give up on the game because I don't want to go through a half hour of the same stuff again. So SMG must have been something special for me to play it all twice in a row. Though I believed Nintendo when they said the maps were "built" for Mario's jumping and movement dynamics, and that Luigi would present a special challenge despite being able to jump high and further, well, I quickly found out that was BS (the higher jumping let you skip certain areas of levels that were sometimes quite long, and while the purple coin level with the disappearing tiles took me like fifty attempts with Mario - no exaggeration - I managed it on my first attempt with Luigi). So for me to play it again so soon afterwards, and to 100% no less, makes it an obviously very special game for me.

Though going back to my USB-loaded Wii library, the only game I HAVE to use a disc for is Rock Band 2. Only the REAL game channel has the permissions to delete files from the system memory, so every time I would load DLC tracks from the SD card, the USBLoader GX channel couldn't delete it from the memory. Any more than 4-5 DLC tracks and the NAND would be overloaded, requiring me to format... it bewildered me at first until I realized what was going on, but it's not a huge issue. Since it's the ONLY game I need to play from disc, I just leave it in the system and so the experience is still virtually disc-free. Well, not completely. Rockband 2 was never programmed with SDHC support, since it was released back when the Wii didn't either, though it would have been nice for them to at least anticipate it. So every time I play RB2, if I want to play downloaded tracks I have to switch out my SDHC containing all the WW/VC for a regular old SD :( I don't see a Rock Band 3 anywhere on the horizon to fix this issue for me, and like the Beatles RB, the upcoming Green Day title is only going to support songs from the band.

Now you might ask... what prompted me to buy this for the Wii when I have a PS3 with a far superior version? Well actually I bought GH:WT at the time as it had the appropriate # of drums to properly experience both games, and was supposed to be the most solid equipment at the time, and Activision were milking the franchise so much at that point that I admittedly went with the console that I could pirate. RB2 and The Beatles turned out to VASTLY better experiences anyways, I love their DLC, and the genre has really slowed down to a more reasonable pace so in the future I will buy RB3 (or settle for 2 if necessary!)
 
Speaking of which, how solid are the Beatles' instruments in comparison to the regular ones? If I'm going to go with the PS3 version, I'd like some heavier-duty instruments. Are they actually better quality, or do they just have a Beatles appearance?

I know you've got those instruments Goomba, I think you're selling them? I'd be interested in buying but I imagine the shipping would be an absolute deal killer... :/

I know logitech also has the quite expensive premium instruments for Guitar Hero, and I'd probably even consider it if it was a RB set, but it's not, and I'm not dishing out that kind of dough for a set that isn't perfectly matched to my game :(
 
Hey Goomba,

I saw you shipped one of the Monster Hunter Tri already. Did you get a chance to see how much it weighted?

Thanks!
 
Okay guys I'm home from work now :) and yes please for the love of God no piracy talk. Don't want to get in trouble. We run a legitimate service here :) Thanks.

I will get to answering as many of your comments and questions as possible now.
 
Rogan, $45 shipped for MNR (no real deals that I know of at the moment).

Xover, I don't believe it'll be possible. I used the sniping program and have already agreed to pay him so yeah I'm sorry, but I can't cancel at this time. You could always have me relist it if you really wanted to on eBay, but please in the future be careful about what you bid and be sure you read everything in the description. Again, happy we won it for a good price but sorry you changed your mind. If I had known before the auction ended I could have changed it but it's too late now :( sorry buddy.

emjaymj, yeah the shipping probably does kill the deal for most of the Beatles instruments (though not all of them are really heavy..mostly just the drums). They are more sturdy and feel better than the standard instruments though. Not sure if they're higher quality plastics or what but definitely have a nice feel to them.

Shanku, the ones I have shipped were the standard version. I will let you know once I have the deluxe version how much it weighs/costs to ship. Thanks!
 
A friendly reminder: today was not really much of a GFC-processing day as I had to work until almost 10 at night and have to get up early to work tomorrow at the University. I will, however, be bringing my laptop with em to start typing up DR's and PF invoices and will be shipping and packing and invoicing further from 5PM-1AM Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week.

By the weekend I hope to be totally caught up with all current orders and will start putting together a giant Lowball to help me gain back some of the money I lost from last week's tragic incident. Thanks for your support guys. I'm going to pack a few more packages now and will continue processing tomorrow (technically today as it's past 1:00 AM now). Thanks again!
 
Goomba!

Just wondering how much you think Death Smiles (Limited Edition) http://www.amazon.com/Deathsmiles-L..._3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1272435729&sr=1-3
would weigh approximately considering the contents? Once I have a few extra $$ next month (hopefully) I would like to put in a DR for it, but the page doesn't list a weight so I'm not sure exactly how I would enter it on your page. I could honestly probably do without all the extra addons that come with the LE package but by the looks of it, that's the only way the game is being released.

I can't believe the game is actually coming to a N.America release! Soon as I saw it I know I gotta put in an order as a big fan of shmups!! :D :bouncy:

Thanks Goomba. Hope all is well! Been awhile since I've called upon your services! :)

PS. Amazon(dot)ca lists the same item as $65CDN (+tax) for it. I am aiming for a total lower than that (if possible) with the good exchange rate at the moment.
 
CrushEm, things are alright for the most part. I royally screwed up last week and lost $2400+ USD Cash at work and that was a major blow, but I'm slowly recovering and several CAGs and GFC friends chipped in to help me and the orders have been crazy busy lately which is good too :)

As for the Deathsmiles game I am really interested in that as well (I so want that faceplate!) and I estimate it should be no more than 2 pounds shipped, and realistically probably only 1.5 pounds. So you'd definitely save shopping with us on it :) No tax either ^_^

Here's my estimate:

Deathsmiles Limited Edition Set (Xbox 360):
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$50.00 - Game Cost
$09.00 - Shipping Estimate (1.5 Pounds)
$02.00 - GFC Service Charge
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$61.00 USD SHIPPED (No Tax!)
 
Hey Goomba, I was wondering if you wanted to have a contest /w GFC with the winning prize a SC2 beta key. I just acquired 3 more and I should have one spare.
 
[quote name='blackric']Hey Goomba, just to let you know, gamestop.com has a 15% off coupon for alot of games. The kicker is that some of these games also include a $10 credit coupon code that you can use on the site for future orders.

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/334...antasy-xiii-45-xbox-360-final-fantasy-xiii-45

Just wondering if you will accept orders for these games with the $10 off and you keep the coupon?[/QUOTE]

They have a 25% off coupon that I THINK works until the end of April. The catch is that the order must be over $100.

As far as him keeping the coupon (I assume you mean instead of a fee?), I can't say whether he'd accept that or not but that $10 credit seems to be in response to an Amazon.com promotion doing the same thing, which stipulates you can only get the $10 credit once (per unique title of course.) I know Goomba's unclear on whether or not Gamestop is going to have the same terms, but they do a lousy job at laying it out - that is to say, not at all - and I can't imagine they'd just let people rack up credits like that, especially when they just seem to be parroting Amazon, so I think it is largely a futile request unless the game you want hasn't been ordered yet.
 
[quote name='RoganSarine']Hey Goomba, I was wondering if you wanted to have a contest /w GFC with the winning prize a SC2 beta key. I just acquired 3 more and I should have one spare.[/QUOTE]

Just acquired 3 more?

Yeeeesh!! Leave some for the rest of us... :cry: I pre-ordered SC and they were totally out of keys already. I was ||
 
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hey goomba did you get my package forwarding order 904151411? Its a new copy of tales of vesperia for xbox 360. and should be arriving may1. How do I pay for your service+shipping fees?
 
[quote name='emjaymj']Just acquired 3 more?

Yeeeesh!! Leave some for the rest of us... :cry: I pre-ordered SC and they were totally out of keys already. I was ||
 
blackric, yes I can do that. Just remember Gamestop charges 6% tax (so many people forget this when sending payments). I think in the near future I will have a "Current Sales" page on the GFC site with a list of game sales that have NOT been taken up by other shoppers. So that way you can see which games, sites and sales are still available. What do you think? I think it could work since many sales are first-come-first-served.

Rogan, that would be AWESOME! If you'd donate one I promise I could come up with something :) Thanks!

emjaymj, as long as the credit is not crippled by any restrictions and I can put it towards other CAG/GFC users orders then I don't mind taking the $10 credit and simply knocking $10 off the price. Just keep in mind Gamestop still charges the tax on that $10 which would be included in the item cost.

helluvagood, don't worry I have all of your info. I will invoice you for it and will ship it out as soon as it's in :) Thanks!
 
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