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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']AznChaos, I already ordered your items :) No worries. Just haven't updated GYROS yet. I'll do it ASAP ^_^ Tonight is my first day off in a while and I'm turning the keys into my old place so I'll be happy to have that behind me. Thanks again.[/QUOTE]

Oh okay. Thanks! Didn't know if you had the time to be able to order it. Also I put in a PF yesterday. I was wondering if you could combine the shipments and just send them out at the same time? That's orders: #907729887 and #2100568053

Thanks
 
Well the first batch of Black Friday / Cyber Monday packages have been received. Looks like I'm going to be VERY Busy this month of December. Here's a preview of just what I'm dealing with:

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Keep in mind there are still around 70 packages not included in this bunch lol. I will do my best to keep up (I'm even taking today off from work to pack and ship). Thanks guys!
 
Just a heads up Goomba. It seems lots of BF orders from Amazon are being duplicated. (Amazon is sending two of the same item with the same tracking number and same invoice, and only charging for one item)

Just figured I'd pass the info along to you so you wouldn't get too confused =)

(They aren't asking for the extra items back either...!)
 
LOL, well gsrce if that happens I won't complain but I haven't come across it yet anyhow. If I end up with a bunch of duplicate games and movies then I'll know what happened =) Gives me something to look forward to though now lol. I'm about 1/3 the way processing the new orders. I'll make a lot of headway tonight, tomorrow and throughout the weekend. Thanks again guys for all the support. Off to work at the casino now, cya later!
 
Potentially Great News Everyone: I trained my wife today to process Package Forwarding (PF) Orders into my system here. What this means is that if she gets good at it, she can potentially cut down on a lot of behind-the-scenes processing I do which will let me focus more on the meat and potatoes: packing and shipping items. We're probably a week or two away from her being fully trained but that'll be a huge help :).

Also, I'm doing another UPS run tomorrow morning which means we should be at nearly 100 packages. I'll ship out as many over the weekend as possible. They just keep pouring in ^_^. GYROS will be updated Saturday afternoon as fully as possible as well. Thanks guys for your support. I'll try to keep these packages moving.
 
philvo87, I've already ordered and received both of those items though. I don't believe Gamefly allows for returns on these (if they do you'd be responsible for return shipping).
 
oh if they came in already sure send them my way lol :p was just worried that they didnt come yet and was thinking i could get them somewhere else :p

was looking at the GYROS and still said

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1524a / 1694982000Alpha Protocol (PS3) Paid. Waiting for Item. Requires Additional Shipping $.

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1524b / 1694982000 Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PS3) Paid. Waiting for Item. Requires Additional Shipping $.
 
Hey Goomba (or whoever ordered the item, I guess)

Can you let me know where the Nexus One car holder was ordered from? I've been looking for accessories for mine (the car holder and the dock in particular), but have had a hell of a time locating places with anything in stock.

Surprised to find another Nexus One owner here actually, as none of the major providers really support it (except for 2G/edge... ew), and though the carrier I'm with is growing, their coverage is really limited. It's the only phone I've ever owned though that continues to give me a boner to this day haha, usually I'm bored with them in under a week.
 
Hey Goomba.
Did you get a chance to take a look at my pf order #360379264? If you have please send me, the shipping invoice.
Thx.
 
Hey Goomba, I haven't been keeping up with your fees/policies, so I just wanted to know why the service charge changed from $7 to $15 after I clicked on "Pay Now".

The last time I ordered from you, I seem to remember it was something like $2 or $3 per item.

Also, I think my item is on sale, so could you do your very best to order promptly.

Order Number: 533802445

Many thanks.
 
Just saying hi really quickly guys. I was busy at work the last two days and didn't get as many orders done as I would like but I'm taking tomorrow off to work all day. The packages just keep pouring into my house and they're slowly consuming my kitchen again =) I'll update you all on your questions ASAP but right now I'm in desperate need of sleep. Talk to you tomorrow and will try to respond to all Emails, PMs and comments here in the thread. Thanks guys!
 
PooPooRocket, if you pay with Amazon Gift Cards or prepay the service charges there are no additional fees. If you pay through the site and use Paypal it calculates our service charges differently. Feel free to contact me sometime for alternative payment options.

RoganSarine, you have $10.00 USD Credit remaining.
 
Hi goomba, I ordered a Kindle 3g but I believe i forgot to put a gift message on it as usual. It will be delivered today. The PF order number is 1400746725. I am still waiting for a GYROS update on 442662598 as well. Thanks and take it easy...
 
geophilips, thanks =) We have a lot in store for next year and we're already starting to test out some of new services. More on this very soon ^_^ Thanks!
 
geophilips, no problem. Our next UPS Pickup is going to be this upcoming Friday (12/10/2010) so I will pick it up then. I'll figure it out :)

IronmanD, I'll go try to track down your message. Thanks.
 
Good to hear from you Goomba, and looking forward to your new stuff in the new year... Hopefully you can add my earlier PF order 442662598 (NFS:HP and Rock Band3) from Amazon to GYROS soon (it was delivered last wednesday).... looking forward to some time at home playing these over the winter... it is snowing like crazy here already so anything to stop the depression... lol
 
Hey goomba, do you have any status updates for either my Call of Duty: Black Ops (PC) package forward (said it was delivered from target.com on the 30th), or the direct request I pm'd you? Please let me know, thanks a lot.
 
Hey Goomba.
I got your invoice; I was wondering for the processing fee with paypal of $2.00.
If I am paying through instant transfer, do I still need to worry about the processing fee?
And did amazon send you 4 packages instead of 3?

Thanks.
 
geophilips, done and done. Shipped as well :) Hope you get them soon so you can play some great games while it snows outside ^_^.

underkover19, picking up more packages today (there are so many I've lost count) so yours should be in. I also just PM'd you back about your other request. Thanks!

retro.elite, Paypal no longer allows for gifting of money in relation to orders or business transactions and yes, Amazon sent 4 packages.
 
all set now underkover19 :) Items ordered. I'll let you know when they're in and we should be all set (probably be about a week or so). Thanks again ^_^.
 
Fei.Jai, Emailed you back :) Thanks buddy. I'm going off to pick up the new batch of UPS Packages for PF orders now guys. Be back tonight and will get back to processing. 99% of BF orders should be in after this weekend ^_^ It's been nutso around here.
 
Just got back from a 2 hour round trip journey to the UPS store and picked up almost 60 new packages (2 shopping carts full) so you can guess what I'll be doing this weekend in-between working and sleeping. Also, I may end up going into TSD (Total Shut Down) mode around Christmas until the first or second week of January. I want to start implementing my new payment system but it'll be hard if I continue processing so many orders.

I'm not sure exactly what or when but I think closing at least one of the services temporarily for a week or two would be long enough. I'd of course process all existing and any back-ordered orders, but wouldn't take on any new ones. We'll see though, I'll of course let you know if I decide to do this. Thanks again guys :)
 
Hey,
I hope you dont mind, but I filled out a Cr-48 (Google Netbook) application and used your drop off. If you get one from there, it could possibly be the one I ordered.
 
do you do Canadian to America?

lol

i know this isnt gaming related, but I want to get some Canadian Itune GC, I saw you had American ones, but I want Canadian ones
 
[quote name='goomba478']JamesC_ was it a contest of some kind or did you pay for it? Let me know as it makes a difference. Thanks =)[/QUOTE]
It was the official Google Application. They're giving out 60,000 of them so who knows :|
 
Hey Goomba,
Enslaved arrived a week or so ago, it looks great sitting on my backlog!

I was wondering if you still do ebay.com orders on auctions and if so how would I go about doing that?
 
** GYROS STATUS UPDATE **

Just wanted to let you guys know we're experiencing the most packages we've ever received. This week alone we've received almost 200 so you can imagine this will likely be another week or two before we get everything straightened out. I've added about 70% of the orders to the GYROS page but you'll notice many have blank status updates. As we open the packages and sort them we're updating the GYROS and sending out invoices. I'm trying not to estimate the weights because it'll resolve in more back and forth, so doing it this way leaves no room for error. Also, a TON of you guys ordered multiple items that came separately in different packages from Amazon so tracking them down and seeing which orders belong to which people is a bit of a trick, but we're slogging through it.

Like I said, we'll do our best to keep up with the orders as best we can. Thanks. Just keep an eye on GYROS and your inboxes :) Thanks guys. Off to bed tomorrow. Processing all day tomorrow after 12:00 noon EST. Cya!
 
dancrane212, we sure do ^_^ eBay orders work two ways:

1) You can order with DR service. Just put in a Direct Request and put the MAX bid you want to buy the item including the shipping charged to ship to USA from the eBay seller. So if you want to bid $20.00 max and the seller charges $5.00 put in "$25.00" as the item price. If we lose the item we'll refund you 100% but if we win the item for less, we'll apply the extra funds towards your shipping to Canada and such. If an item is a Buy it Now item, then just include the BIN price plus the shipping to USA as the item price.

2) You can order the item yourself and ship to our Package Forwarding (PF) address.

If you need more info just let me know :) Thanks!
 
just e-mailed you concerning the ancient pf order + the two new ones, sorry for the ancient one.

edit: and I'm an idiot should be cheaper to send together, all though duties may be a problem.
 
[quote name='goomba478']dancrane212, we sure do ^_^ eBay orders work two ways:

1) You can order with DR service. Just put in a Direct Request and put the MAX bid you want to buy the item including the shipping charged to ship to USA from the eBay seller. So if you want to bid $20.00 max and the seller charges $5.00 put in "$25.00" as the item price. If we lose the item we'll refund you 100% but if we win the item for less, we'll apply the extra funds towards your shipping to Canada and such. If an item is a Buy it Now item, then just include the BIN price plus the shipping to USA as the item price.

2) You can order the item yourself and ship to our Package Forwarding (PF) address.

If you need more info just let me know :) Thanks![/QUOTE]

Sounds great,I put a DR in last night.
Thanks!
 
Yup thanks dancrane212, I put in your max bid. I really like the item you're bidding on (I own the same book myself actually and LOVE it). Hope you win :) Thanks again.
 
Hey Goomba,

I'm going to get you a list later this evening of everything you should have for me by the end of this week. I know it's a lot of stuff, but I'm not in any hurry, so we can work through getting it out in smaller lots slowly =)
 
[quote name='goomba478']Yup thanks dancrane212, I put in your max bid. I really like the item you're bidding on (I own the same book myself actually and LOVE it). Hope you win :) Thanks again.[/QUOTE]

I'm glad the book is great; Starcraft 2's CE book showed me what I had been missing out on. I'm still kicking myself for not picking it (ME's book) up for $30 at launch :bomb:

Anyways, if (more likely when) I'm outbid can I switch the order for one off the Amazon marketplace? There are a few that are 39.99 with 3.99 shipping so it comes out to be around the same and they all seem to be about the same quality (minor shelf wear).

*EDIT

Strike that, I ordered one myself once I noticed that 2 of the little that were there for 39.99 had been sold in the last few hours and I had been outbid by $20. I feel that the announcement of 3 had something to do with this :roll:

Anyways I'll fill out a PW form tonight.
Thanks,
 
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Hey Goomba,
Know you were swamped with Black Friday orders and the like. I wanted to see whether you received two Amazon.com orders from me, expected to arrive last Monday, December 6? Feel free to PM me or e-mail me at my gmail address if you need any more details.

Thanks Goomba!
 
Hey Goomba,

Just wanted to check in on order#:2100568053. It's been "Waiting for Items" for a long time just worried that something may have gone wrong.

Thanks
 
Alright Goomba, here is a list which should include everything you should have for me by the end of the week.

Up Blu Ray 4 disk with slipcover
Cars Blu Ray with slipcover
Monsters Inc Blu Ray 4 disk with slipcover
Toy Story 3 Blu Ray 4 disk with slipcover
A Bugs Life Blu Ray with slipcover
Toy Story Blu Ray with slipcover
Aqua Teen Master Shake Ceramic Cup
Batman Returns Blu Ray
Animaniacs Vol 1
Animaniacs Vol 3
Superbad Blu Ray
Pinky and the Brain Vol 1
Pinky and the Brain Vol 2
Pinky and the Brain Vol 3
Ninja Turtles Blu Ray Collection
Wizard of Oz Blu Ray
Prince of Persia Blu Ray with slipcover
Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection Blu Ray Set

*wipes brow* That's a lot of stuff!

There should also be an extra Animaniacs set that needs to be returned, and an extra TMNT Blu Ray set that you said you would like to keep =)

This should be it, I don't think I have anything else scheduled to go out to you until Jan/Feb, so we should be good with you breaking that down into 2-3 packages and shipping it out at your convenience =D
 
Hey Goomba, I ended up ordering the earpads I inquired about before, using the Direct Request method. I think I was supposed to receive a confirmation email for my order (not the paypal payment one), but I didn't get one as of yet.

The order # is 559774495

Thanks appreciated as always!
 
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