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

goomba478

CAGiversary!
Feedback
599 (100%)
header-bg-781.jpg


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.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
[quote name='goomba478']gsrce, sorry but I didn't get to it in time. Your order didn't have any payment associated with it so my system didn't even notify me of it (I didn't know of it until I saw your post today). The thing is, even with the 30% coupon, they still charged $8.00 for shipping which sort of killed the deal in my eyes. If you want the items for those prices you could probably find very close elsewhere. I can shop around for you if you like :).

Hockridge, thanks and yes the 3G Kindle is every bit as wonderful as people say. I love those things =) I hope you love it! Thanks again.[/QUOTE]

Sure, if you find it close to the same price let me know, as the cheapest I've seen them is $15 each through Amazon. (The gohastings one was $20 shipped for the two)
 
[quote name='goomba478']gsrce, I got Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 5 now, just working on 6 :) I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks! ^_^[/QUOTE]

Thanks. =D

BTW, those Gift Cards that I sent you, go ahead and keep one of the $25.00 Gap ones if you think you can use it for the two of you or baby Goomba =)

(And then just don't bother invoicing me for them, just throw them in with one of my next orders)

Also, if you've received the Applecare from Amazon Warehouse Deals, go ahead and shoot me a PM or an email with the code whenever you get a chance please =)
 
hey goomba :), just want to let you know the sennheiser ie8 earphones was delivered on friday.
It says on the ups tracking:

Left at: Office
 
Hi Goomba,

Do you know when you'll be able to pick up my order?

1790 / 1470958664 Scotts 5000 Sq. Ft. Crabgrass Preventer with Halts


Thanks.
 
Hey Goomb, made an order of stuff via PM because of my credit. Gimme a quote - I may consider buying another creative vado too.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Anyone heard from Goomba recently? Haven't heard anything from him in five or more days and am getting worried.

Hopefully everything is alright >.>
 
** Feeding and changing baby ** Hi gsrce, things are just fine in the Goomba household. I thought you got my Email explaining I'd be a bit slow to respond this week because I'm taking part in 7-days without a day off at the casino (yearly NAPT Poker Tournament) so yeah, I'm still here. Just working, taking care of the baby and doing GFC inbetween. I didn't get your gift cards yet but I'll try to ship out some of your items tomorrow/Monday. Talk to you soon. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']** Feeding and changing baby ** Hi gsrce, things are just fine in the Goomba household. I thought you got my Email explaining I'd be a bit slow to respond this week because I'm taking part in 7-days without a day off at the casino (yearly NAPT Poker Tournament) so yeah, I'm still here. Just working, taking care of the baby and doing GFC inbetween. I didn't get your gift cards yet but I'll try to ship out some of your items tomorrow/Monday. Talk to you soon. Thanks![/QUOTE]

Nope, never got it.

Glad to hear everything is alright =)

Thanks for the update!
 
The hardest thing about having the baby is that any time I put him down and try to work on the computer, he gets jealous and fussy and wants to be held. During the nighttime my wife stays home with him and takes care of him when I'm at work but when I'm home I'm trying to be a good father and feed/change him while she gets some rest. On my days off from the casino it's easier to do GFC stuff because once he takes his nap then I get to work, but on work days (especially these once a year tournament work days) I only have about 5 hours total at home, of which only maybe one hour or less he's sleeping. It's definitely a lot of juggling :)

I'm getting everything straightened out though. Just haven't got much in for Emails. As always I'll try to answer Emails ASAP but I do fall behind on them sometimes as I try to put more emphasis on shipping and order processing. I'll try to keep you better informed. Thanks again :)
 
hey goomba

Couple of questions for you, did you get my order shipped (1807a and 1807b) out last week ? (Gyros still shows waitings for items but you told last week you were planning to ship)

and second, I want to place another order. there is a 25% off sale going on which ends on thursday, if I were to send you an order would you be able to get it ordered before the sale is over?

Thanks,
James
 
Hi everyone, my Email was down for the last 48 hours or so. The webserver we use was updated it seems and now it's operating again. If for some reason you wrote to me and I didn't respond, feel free to resend your message to my [email protected] as that's my main Email for GFC related questions. Thanks!

I will be writing as many responses as I can and processing orders throughout the weekend. Thanks guys. Another GYROS update will come tonight as I have about 20 new orders to add on there.
 
Any updates for me at all Goomba? I know you mentioned you wanted to ship some stuff to me by the end of last week =)
 
Gsrce, packing as we speak :) Invoice coming soon as well. Thanks buddy!

PuppetYuber, sure I could do that. Just keep in mind TRU charges 6% Sales Tax. Thanks!
 
Hey Goomba,

I sent a request to your address for some figures.

Also, seeing as I cannot access my sent folder I just wanted to double check that I mentioned that the payment of my last order hasn't been taken off my remaining credit yet.

Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']Hi everyone, my Email was down for the last 48 hours or so. The webserver we use was updated it seems and now it's operating again. If for some reason you wrote to me and I didn't respond, feel free to resend your message to my [email protected] as that's my main Email for GFC related questions. Thanks!

I will be writing as many responses as I can and processing orders throughout the weekend. Thanks guys. Another GYROS update will come tonight as I have about 20 new orders to add on there.[/QUOTE]

great i resend it there
 
Hey Goomba, thanks for getting that order ordered before the sale was over on thursday.

I may have new order but this time from amazon which I will do myself and ship to you, however, before I do I want to make sure you have shipped my march 23rd order (1807a and 1807b) - Gyros still shows waitings for items but on april 4th you said "Yes I should have your items shipped out tomorrow or Wednesday. I have to locate and repackage your items but I’ll contact you via Email when I locate them"

Can you let me know when you get a chance. Much appreciated.
James
 
GFC Forums Coming Soon =)

Just wanted to let you guys know that after almost 10,000 posts on CAG we are finally getting our own forums on GFC. This will allow us to be a lot more organized with topical forum posts, FAQs and all that jazz. I hope to have it fully ready as soon as tomorrow. You'll obviously have to register for the forums (it'll be on the GFC site but is using a different database for the usernames) so I recommend you just use the same username/password combo that you use on the main site.

I'll still keep this page open for newcomers and for those of you who don't want to make the initial jump and for general questions and such, but eventually I will want the majority of the posts to be on the GFC side. This way the site will have all of the information everyone needs in one place. It'll be easier to search, easier to archive and much simpler for people to find what they wanted to know.

Hope you guys support this decision :) I'm going to spend today packing/shipping/invoicing and prettying up the GFC forums a bit. See you soon. I'll post links and all the info on here as soon as tonight. Thanks guys!
 
Last edited by a moderator:
The new forum is looking good. New post made! The only feedback I have is that certain links like 'new topic' & notify sort of blend into the background graphic which isn't really a big deal but took me a couple seconds to find because they're similar colours to the background.
 
Thanks for the feedback CrushEm! I'm glad the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. I used a lot of default colors and things from a pre-made theme and I'm customizing it as I go. I noticed too that the dark background conflicted with some of the text so I'm going to fix that :) Just have to play with my CSS styles a bit. It shall be taken care of ;) Thanks again!
 
Awesome Myv ^_^ You'll be happy to know that I've fixed the link problem. I'm now using a shade of blue which looks nice on the dark black/grey background. For the most part I'm happy with the colors though I may tweak them a little later on as time goes by :) I'm really hoping to use the forums for a lot of purposes:

1) Questions and Answers for customers (I have no PM restrictions like I do on CAG) and they go directly to my Email.

2) F.A.Q.'s and Tutorials on how the different services work with detailed explanations.

3) Contests, Rewards and Promotions.

Thanks again everyone. I think this will be really helpful to everyone. Take a look around and see what we're up to. The first tutorial is up on Direct Requests and I've put one up the fee structure for DR's as well. Each tutorial took me about an hour to do, but once they're up they will be easy to update in the future as things change and grow. I'll keep them up to date. This way if a friend of yours wants to know how GFC works, you can just point them to our forums (hint, hint ^_^).
 
So this is what's been keeping you so busy recently? =D

I'll give you some quick feedback off the bat, it seems like there's only the one registration link on the top of the page. It took me awhile to find it due to the dark on dark color scheme. Maybe add another registration link under the "login" area? (I think most sites have something like this, where they have "Not a user? Register here for a new account") Or change the colors of the text on the top to a different color?

edit: It also logs me out every time I close the page, as in, it's not setting any sort of cookie. This should be an easy fix in the settings =D (Strangely though, it still says I've been logged in for X amount of minutes when I log back in, so as an example, I log in, close the tab or browser, pull the forums back up, it prompts me to log in again, and during this time it's still telling me how long I've been online)
 
Hi there gsrce, I'll get all the colors perfected eventually. Right now I'm just trying to customize as much CSS as I can in between shipping packages. I will get it all fixed up nice and pretty though :) I spend so much time processing orders that I'm a bit rusty with some of the stylizing stuff, but like I said I'll figure it out. A lot of it comes pre-configured so I just have to work around the pre-set stuff to make it how I want it. I'm not sure what's up with the logged in timer though, that's not something I created =) So I can't really say lol but it's not a big deal anyhow. Thanks for the feedback.
 
gsrce, also not sure if you know this but SMF (Simple Machine Forums) allow each user to use their own theme. So if for some reason the GFC theme doesn't work for you, you can customize it with your own selection. I think it's somewhere in your custom user preferences. I didn't disable this option, so you should be able to use whatever you like :) Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']gsrce, also not sure if you know this but SMF (Simple Machine Forums) allow each user to use their own theme. So if for some reason the GFC theme doesn't work for you, you can customize it with your own selection. I think it's somewhere in your custom user preferences. I didn't disable this option, so you should be able to use whatever you like :) Thanks![/QUOTE]

I like the Blue, it just seemed like a little extra work to find the registration link =)

Was just offering up feedback =D

(Got my stuff today btw, thanks again
 
Couple deal updates for everyone.

Best Buy is having an Easter sale with Dragon Quest IX for the DS priced at $6.99 new. You can order one of these, and ship them to Goomba, for about $10 total by calling Best Buy and providing Goomba's GFC mailing address and your Canadian billing address. (I already ordered one for you Goomba, and one for myself)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dragon+Quest+IX%3A+Sentinels+of+the+Starry+Skies+-+Nintendo+DS/9983259.p?skuId=9983259&productCategoryId=abcat0707007&id=1218205383754

Secondly, starting today Amazon.com is offering $8.00 off of the new 3D releases of The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. For more information, click here.
 
Whoa, those are some serious deals there gsrce :) Thanks for the heads up on that (and for getting me a copy too! I've always wanted to play that game to be honest as the only Dragon Warrior/Quest game I've played is the first one :) haha). Thanks a bunch! Oh and I'm so getting the Lion King Blu-Ray... I have been following that title for ages and wishing it for it come to Blu-Ray but had NO idea they were coming out with a 3D version. Man am I behind.

Oh and I totally didn't know they were coming out with the Beauty and the Beast 3D Blu-Ray either. I heard rumblings that the theaters were getting a release but didn't know about the home version. Guess I'm going to have to eBay my standard versions (even though I don't have a 3D TV and won't any time soon). Might as well have the best and most complete versions :)
 
Darn, I just missed it!

Probably for the best seeing as I still have 4-5 DS RPGs that haven't gotten any attention. Who knows, I might get enough free time to get the shrink wrap off!
 
Happy Easter everyone. Just wanted to say hi and let you know that things are going well. I just got home from work now and will be resuming GFC packing/invoicing/shipping as usual. Also, if you haven't done so already please check out our new GFC Forums on our site now. We just started them but we'll be building them up a lot as time goes by and a lot of promotions will be exclusive to there, so I highly recommend you join ^_^ Thanks again for all your support. Back to work I go (the baby is sleeping, so I have to make good use of the time!)

http://www.gamesforcanada.com/forum
 
Hey Goomba, I had logged in to just get a few quotes for an order, and somehow ended up with an order request and PF request emails in return.

Order# 1467624134 was supposed to be just a quote. Could you please cancel that.

Cheers! ... and sorry for any confusion.
 
Not to worry Apollo, we still haven't finished tweaking our system. The reason it sends out an Email like that is for backup purposes (in case for some reason it doesn't get submitted correctly and we need to refer to your order details by Email) but if it's not accompanied with a payment we still treat it as just an estimate still.

Also, please visit our GFC Forums when you get a chance as we're transitioning over there for the majority of forum related questions/comments :) Thanks. The link is: http://www.gamesforcanada.com/forum

Talk to you soon and take care.
 
LOL that's funny. You should keep an eye on our forum, we have a section devoted to our eBay items and have a post for each unique item =) I'm listing more items as we speak. Thanks for trying! I think I may have more copies that will be popping up again.
 
GFC's eBay Auctions / Forum Pages:

Hi guys, just wanted to let you know that our GFC Forums now have a cool feature. Any time we list a new item on our eBay store (nearly all items end on Sunday nights at 10:30 PM EST), we will list a post with a direct link, all the photos from the auction as well as the item description. In addition, if you have opted into receiving notifications from the forums, you can receive a message any time we post a new item (this way you don't miss some of our ultra-cheap and rare items).

This will probably be our main way of selling off old inventory for a while as my wife and I need to constantly clear up space and raise money for the little one. I plan to be listing 5-10 items (minimum) a week. Right now we have some great stuff as well =)

You can find our item list here:
http://gamesforcanada.com/forum/index.php?board=6.0
 
Hi Goomba,

Thing seems to be as busy as usual. :)
I haven't been requiring your great service since Black Friday, but now I may be back again. :p
I was wondering if I can purchase say used action figures off of a seller in the States and have them ship it to you. The box might be quite big, and would likely require tracking when it gets reshipped to me, does the normal shipping rate in the first post offer tracking?
Also, I may need you to help me open up the box to check on the items if that's possible. :)

Is this alright with you, or is this not part of the goal of your service?
 
CaptainKishimoto, thanks buddy =) I'm already on it.

Leshita, of course you can. As long as it's under 70 pounds we can ship it via USPS Priority Mail which offers tracking more or less or UPS which has higher brokerage fees but faster shipping and actual tracking (or USPS First Class if it's under 4 pounds without tracking). All of our fees and such are explained in great detail on the site (just enter your items into the Direct Request or Package Forwarding form and it'll calculate all that). You can also find information on our new forums: http://www.gamesforcanada.com/forum . Thanks buddy!

gsrce, yes I did =) I'll be taking care of that later today, baby permitting, otherwise it'll be tomorrow. Thanks so much.
 
Actually negotiations fell through, but I may require your assistance in the future. ;)
Wow, never knew about the forum, going to register for an account right now. Thanks Goomba!
 
bread's done
Back
Top