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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Porumy, sure did. It'll be shipping today as a matter of fact. I'll get that set for you :) Thanks again and hope you enjoy Portal 2!

Leshita, thanks for joining our GFC Forums =) We'll still keep this one open, it just won't be our main focus for now. See ya there.
 
Hey, just put in an order and paid for it for the Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition. Again thanks so much for the help :D Now the only bad part.... waiting over a month for it to come out :D but at least I can replay Oblivion during the summer break.
 
** GFC Rewards BETA is LIVE! **

Big news everyone! It may not be 100% perfect yet, but I spent the last week straight coding our new GFC Rewards program into place (the one I've been working out for nearly two years now). The good news is that it works, at least in my tests! So here's how it goes:

1) When you log into the GFC site and submit a Direct Request (DR) (Package Forwarding will be programmed in next week, so for now it's only on PF orders) while logged in, the site will keep track of your Service Charge Credits (SCC's).

2) If you have existing credits in your account already, they will be deducted up to 100% of your service charges for the order you are placing. If you do not have enough SCC credits to cover the full amount, you will pay the remaining service charge credits.

3) After you check out on the site and make your payment through Paypal, our system will INSTANTLY credit your account with your bonus SCC's (10% of your service charges). These will be immediately available on your account towards your next order. At the moment the site will not calculate the Rush orders as service charges, but that will be fixed soon (within the next couple of days).

4) Once you finish your order and check out, your new total Service Charge Credits should show up on the top of your homepage (if you're logged in of course).

I will have more information on this once it's all finalized for DR/PF orders, but this is a huge step and one I'm really proud of. Hope it works great for you guys :) Thanks!
 
Just wanted to say thanks for sending me that copy of Portal 2! Item arrived today and looking forward to giving it a try tonight. I'll definitely be using GamesForCanada again in the near future. Thanks!
 
Thanks Klopzi, that makes me feel a lot better :) After launching the GFC Rewards program I haven't made a single sale lol so I was getting a little bummed out. May tends to be a slow month for us, but it's the first time I haven't received any orders in 3 days. Hopefully June will be better though. I really have a lot of surprises in store for the Rewards program but I want to make sure that it's all worth it ^_^. Have fun with Portal 2 and thanks again!
 
[quote name='goomba478']Thanks Klopzi, that makes me feel a lot better :) After launching the GFC Rewards program I haven't made a single sale lol so I was getting a little bummed out. May tends to be a slow month for us, but it's the first time I haven't received any orders in 3 days. Hopefully June will be better though. I really have a lot of surprises in store for the Rewards program but I want to make sure that it's all worth it ^_^. Have fun with Portal 2 and thanks again![/QUOTE]

I have a bunch of PF orders to put through that I was biding my time on, I'll put them through to make ya feel better =D
 
FYI CANADIANS - Pending Canada Post strike!

Hey James, I just received the package you mailed last week - thank you!
Just in time because Canada Post will likely be going on strike tomorrow at 11:59 pm.

I have 2 other orders in the queue, one order from May 20th (order #1486899011) that I just emailed you about that you will likely be shipping soon.
You normally ship by USPS which uses Canada Post when it comes into Canada. I am not 100% sure, but my guess is that all your orders to Canada will be in limbo because of this strike. Is there another option eg. UPS, FedEX etc... that would circumvent this situation?
 
JamesX, Well yeah there’s always the UPS option. They just tend to cost a little more with a bit more chance of having higher brokerage fees, but if you’d like me to ship via UPS I can work out something with you and send an invoice for the difference. Let me know if you’d be interested in that. Thanks again! That really stinks about the Canada Post strike though…I was hoping they’d avoid it somehow =P BOO.
 
Argh.. I wish I found out about this before Gamefly's last used game sale ended :( I had added a bunch of games to my cart, about to check out, and then I realized they don't ship to Canada. I was so sad! I'll keep this in mind next time.

Does anyone know if there are issues associated with ordering an item with a Canadian credit card , and having it shipped to a USA address (gamesforcanada) ? I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it.. Sorry
 
Aww that's too bad CACG. The good news is we're not going anywhere and we're growing every day :) Also, Gamefly has pretty frequent seasonal sales so I'm sure they'll have a great sale again very soon.

There typically is no issue with using a Canadian Credit Card as far as I know. We use Paypal as our primary payment method (which accepts practically every credit card) in USD. We can also take Google Checkout if you so choose. If you have any other questions feel free to ask either here or on our GFC Forums. Thanks again!
 
Hey everyone, I fixed a bug in the system that was causing some of you to not see your GFC Rewards when checking out. It is now fixed so you should be able to:

1) Redeem existing SCC's (Service Charge Credits) you have in your account when checking out. They will be deducted automatically from your account bank if you have them.

and

2) Earn 10% of all new Service Charges back as SCC's immediately available for your next purchase with us. This will work on both Direct Requests (DR) and Package Forwarding (PF) orders.

We will soon be doing the same thing for Canuck Bucks so you can have those deducted from your total upon checkout. Happy GFC'ing, see you all soon. Lots more to come with GFC Rewards so be sure to check the site (and our forums) often! ^_^
 
** GFC Banner Referral Program Starts Now! **

I'm really excited to introduce the new GFC Banner Referral Program. We are finally ready to start expanding our services and with the introduction of our new GFC Rewards program, we feel it's time to really start pushing our word-of-mouth campaign. The way it works is this: Our site will generate a group of banners and you can select one (or more) from the list. We will give you customized code on the site to use on your website/message board/signature and anytime a new user clicks through your ad and makes an order with us, you'll earn 10% of the total service charge in the form of Service Charge Credits (SCC's). There is no limit to how much you can earn and the user ordering will also receive 10% of their service charges back in the form of SCC's as well. You can see a preview of one of our banners in my CAG signature now.

If you have any questions feel free to ask! The link for the new banner referral system is here: http://www.gamesforcanada.com/referral-program.php (Be sure to log in for it to generate your customized links).
 
hi goomba, last november-ish i put an order for 2 items, a video game (it was either spiderman dimensions or yakuza 3) and a bottle of diesel cologne. i tried to get a hold of you but never got a response back, then i completely forgot about it. anyways do you still have them?? i remember you said you recieved the cologne last time. if so, how can we proceed so it can be delivered to me?
 
Hi Ka-boom057, I don't think I ever received payment from you for the shipping on either item but the video game never showed up. I know at one point we had the cologne and we still should, but it was so long ago that I'd have to check in storage. Typically speaking, any items that are left more than 3 months or more are put into storage or auctioned off to make room in the office (we have limited space). I will have to look around to see if your cologne is still around as I don't think we ever got rid of it. I'll let you know if I can locate it, thanks :).
 
OK I'll try to track it down. In the meantime here's a quick update on our referral program mentioned slightly above:

We are now one step closer to the final system. If your friends sign up using our aforementioned banner/link then you will be added as their referrer, even if they do not order anything immediately. What will happen is that in their account they will be listed as "READY" meaning that as soon as they complete their first service request with us, whoever is listed as their referrer will be credited their due credits. Once you have been credited, their status will switch to "COMPLETE". You will earn your credits immediately as will your friend for their transaction. Success!
 
I'm having some issues with the GFC Forums after I attempted to update to SMF 2.0 (I was using SMF 1.3 previously). I'll get it all straightened out though :) In the meantime feel free to post comments, questions or observations here ^_^ Thanks guys!
 
Hey Goomba, just wanted to say that my package arrived some time while I was in China (shipped the day I left lol). Very happy with the items, hopefully I'll be buying more stuff within a few months =d
 
And just like that the GFC Forums are back up and running. I had to change the theme to a simpler one because I upgraded to the newest SMF version and in doing so made my old theme outdated to the point that it wouldn't load links properly :( Oh well. I'll just have to re-customize the new one ^_^.

That's awesome CaptainKishimoto :) So glad! Hope you had a great time in China. I'm going sometime this fall myself :).
 
[quote name='goomba478']And just like that the GFC Forums are back up and running. I had to change the theme to a simpler one because I upgraded to the newest SMF version and in doing so made my old theme outdated to the point that it wouldn't load links properly :( Oh well. I'll just have to re-customize the new one ^_^.

That's awesome CaptainKishimoto :) So glad! Hope you had a great time in China. I'm going sometime this fall myself :).[/QUOTE]

Just an FYI Goomba.

http://clients.infopost.ca/en/2011/06/canada-post-forced-to-shut-down-urban-operations-nationwide/

No mail whatsoever moving in Canada right now.
 
Yep, it's so bad that starting Saturday the United states postal service aren't accepting any packages bound towards Canada until the strike blows over...

I don't usually like the Conservatives but for once I'm glad they'll be introducing back to work legislation next week. Too bad it's so slow. At this rate I'll be lucky to see any mail before July :(
 
** IMPORTANT NEWS **

Unfortunately, it looks like the Canada Post strike may affect shipping more than we initially imagined. According to several news sources, the USPS will not accept packages to Canada as of midnight last night until Canada Post's strike ends. In the meantime if you'd prefer to have your items shipped via UPS, we can invoice you for the difference (UPS ships to Canada 2-3 days most places). Otherwise, we'll hold onto your packages until they re-open service to Canada.

Sorry that it's happened this way, but obviously I have no control over Canada Post =) Thanks for understanding guys!
 
Starting next week I will begin to offer UPS shipping as an option on GFC just so you know :) It's in the early stages of coding now. Thanks guys!
 
Actually, apparently if the shipper knows what he's doing and doesn't use the cheapest options the insane brokerage fees can be entirely avoided. Don't ask me how, I don't know. But maybe they're a reasonable alternative to Priority Mail International and such.
 
What is your policy on pre-orders to Canada?

I want to pre-order Dragon's Crown PS3 ($29.99 @ amazon.com) [release date is March 2012] but do I pay the full amount now if I use a credit card through paypal?

Thank you
 
[quote name='X-Factor']What is your policy on pre-orders to Canada?

I want to pre-order Dragon's Crown PS3 ($29.99 @ amazon.com) [release date is March 2012] but do I pay the full amount now if I use a credit card through paypal?

Thank you[/QUOTE]

best way will be order from amazon with your own credit card and get it shipped to Goomba's address. Amazon won't charge you until the item is shipped, and once the item is shipped request an invoice from goomba :D
 
So this will be the first time I'll be using GFC ... just waiting for the admin to respond so I can fill out the form ... but I've just sent the package to the address from the GFC forums ... from what I've seen this will help alot with expensive shipping charges to get to Canada
 
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Hey guys, I am out of town visiting some friends but I will be back tomorrow night and will respond to as many Emails/PMs/forum entries as possible. Try to update you all soon. Thanks!
 
CaptainKishimoto, yeah it depends on the shipping options. We're going to be adding a lot of UPS options to the site and we'll perfect the system eventually. So if you want to use UPS we can tailor something to you (though the Postal Strike should end very soon).

X-Factor, yeah the Package Forwarding (PF) method on our site allows you to order on your own and pay just the shipping/service charges ahead of time. Then, when we receive your items we can ship them out immediately (at the future date of course when it comes out).

Chronorayven, thanks for your first order with us. Once we receive your items at our forwarding address we'll repackage them (if necessary) and ship out as long as your shipping estimate was enough. Otherwise we'll invoice you the difference. Thanks so much and welcome to GFC!
 
YEAH ^_^ Looks like they were just waiting for me to get back from my vacation! Package shipping will resume tomorrow guys :) Thanks for your patience!
 
[quote name='goomba478']CaptainKishimoto, yeah it depends on the shipping options. We're going to be adding a lot of UPS options to the site and we'll perfect the system eventually. So if you want to use UPS we can tailor something to you (though the Postal Strike should end very soon).

X-Factor, yeah the Package Forwarding (PF) method on our site allows you to order on your own and pay just the shipping/service charges ahead of time. Then, when we receive your items we can ship them out immediately (at the future date of course when it comes out).

Chronorayven, thanks for your first order with us. Once we receive your items at our forwarding address we'll repackage them (if necessary) and ship out as long as your shipping estimate was enough. Otherwise we'll invoice you the difference. Thanks so much and welcome to GFC![/QUOTE]

I would guess the item would arrive this week or next week and have paid estimate for the shipping already. I'll check for the invoice and pay it if there's a difference . Thanks
 
Just a reminder to all hardcore Nintendo fans. Today is the last day of the year to register your points in order to qualify for Gold/Platinum status on Club Nintendo. Don't miss out. Register your games, systems and fill out surveys and you can reach 600 coins in no time. Get busy! =)
 
We just recently moved all of our files and programs to a new (well not really new but newer) desktop so we had to migrate everything over. During this time I didn't realize that my Outlook Email wasn't set up entirely properly so I just got over 100+ Emails from you guys that I didn't receive in the last 5 days or so. If you put in an order with us recently (PF in particular) or wrote asking a question, just know that we're going through them all one by one and will be caught up within the next day or two. Thanks again guys :) Really appreciate all your support and I'm so happy that the postal strike is over and done with ^_^.
 
Hi Goomba,

Whenever you get to it, go ahead and invoice me for everything you have for me now.

It should be as follows:

3 Pairs of Creative Headphones
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Vol. 7 [DVD]
Hey Vern, It's Ernest!: The Complete Series DVD
Gintama: Collection 1 DVD
Rocko's Modern Life-Season 1 DVD

I have some more items going your way in the fall, but nothing in the next couple of months, so you can just get this stuff out in the meantime whenever you have a chance =)

Hopefully everything is going well after your return from your vacation! =D
 
Hi Goomba,

Is it possible to check on my order: 1943 / 396551993. It's been quite a while since its been sent and I haven't received it yet.

Thanks
 
Hey guys thanks again for your new updates and questions and inquiries. I'm processing about 40 or so orders for GFC today so there's a lot to go through. GYROS will be 100% updated by tonight (by 8:00 PM more than likely) so if you don't see your order yet, no worries.

gsrce, I should have your invoice sent out to by the end of this weekend :) I think I've received all items with the exception of Hey Vern, but I'll try to locate it in the new boxes that came in (about 25 or so to go through still).

AznChaos, I have no way to really track it but you're right in saying it's been a while. It left New York on June 16th, but since it's First Class USPS I have no way to track it after that. My guess is that it just got delayed due to the Canada Post strike, so hang in there and hopefully it'll get to you any day now. I'll cross my fingers for you!

afterburn999, that's a negative unfortunately (unless they do a favor for you like ragnar14 mentioned). The Xbox Live Subscription cards work, but the points do not (no reason why that is). Thanks again!
 
Goomba, I wanted to see how much an item I was going to buy so I filled out the Package Forwarding request form. Just by habit I clicked OK and it told me that it sent.

I didn't buy the item from amazon because the shipping alone is about the same as the item. Order # is 1100319516, you can just ignore this. Sorry. :ziplip:
 
Hey Goomba, just like to let you know that I send in a DR. I literally had to guess the weight of every item (3) I bought, but I don't think it'll be heavier than what I put (at least I hope not). =S
 
Goomba i have just receive my copy of Mass Effect 2 in the mail today. Im looking forword to doing more business with you again in the future thanks
 
Hi Goomba, I sent an email asking about some weight estimates for some lawn care products. Could you look at when you get a chance? I'd like to order this stuff ASAP.
 
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