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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Hey guys just so you know, on my new system I do not yet have Email capability when items ship. So I'll just be using GYROS for the actual shipping notification. If you need customs/tracking info feel free to contact me after your item ships. I hope to have this resolved by next week when they come out with an update for the program I use. Thanks!
 
Hey goomba, I submitted a request for a shipping buffer refund via the GFC Bank some time ago but it hasn't come through yet. Can you advise when this might happen? Thanks!
 
Derfel, let me know your Paypal address. I think you paid with Amazon GC when you ordered with us. Let me know how you want the buffer back. Thanks!
 
derfel, you should be all set now :) Thanks!

Icetron, I received a couple of PM's from you but didn't see a payment or actual PF request from you yet so I was unsure of how you wanted to process it. Please Email me at JJParks AT improcomics DOT org and I'll try to help you figure out any sort of question or problem you're having with the site. Thanks!
 
Hello Goomba, I noticed you changed my estimated ship date for my two RL orders to July 7th, just want to confirm that you are going to combine the 2 orders and use EXPEDITED.
Thanks in advance and have a great Independence day tomorrow!
 
[quote name='goomba478']derfel, you should be all set now :) Thanks!

Icetron, I received a couple of PM's from you but didn't see a payment or actual PF request from you yet so I was unsure of how you wanted to process it. Please Email me at JJParks AT improcomics DOT org and I'll try to help you figure out any sort of question or problem you're having with the site. Thanks![/QUOTE]

I sent you an email goomba. :)
 
JamesX, yes I had to change the shipping date due to the 4th of July (totally forgot about that). Also, I looked into Expedited and it's a LOT more expensive as it supposedly includes the standard brokerage fees. Do you still want to go that route? I have all the packages in now so let me know :) Thanks.

Icetron, I'll go check that out. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']JamesX, yes I had to change the shipping date due to the 4th of July (totally forgot about that). Also, I looked into Expedited and it's a LOT more expensive as it supposedly includes the standard brokerage fees. Do you still want to go that route? I have all the packages in now so let me know :) Thanks.

Icetron, I'll go check that out. Thanks![/QUOTE]

Thanks for the heads up - I am leaning towards regular USPS but out of curiosity if not too much trouble how much would it be for expedited? reason I ask is that brokerage fees can be ridiculous so I still might end up being ahead.
 
hey goomba can you ship my big 9 pound order soon (the one with clothes and shoes). On gyros the estimated ship date keeps getting pushed back. My smaller package was shipped and arrived very quickly, is there a problem with the larger one?
 
fuzzbunker, I should have it out today or tomorrow. Unfortunately a LOT of clothing companies lately have really generic item lists in the boxes and with many people ordering from the same sites I just want to make sure I don't confuse anyone's orders. GYROS just gets pushed backed because I had to update the list all at once, but most should ship very soon. Thanks!
 
[quote name='JamesX']Thanks for the heads up - I am leaning towards regular USPS but out of curiosity if not too much trouble how much would it be for expedited? reason I ask is that brokerage fees can be ridiculous so I still might end up being ahead.[/QUOTE]


James , never heard back from you on this , can you let me know before you prepare my shipment tomorrow
 
JamesX, I'm loading your items now and I'll Email you tonight with how much the expedited would cost.

Everyone else, if you're interested in ordering "Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch: Namco Wizard Edition" please note that they DO charge in full now, despite saying that they don't on the site, the item releases late January 2013 and also, they charge 6.35% Sales tax and $12 shipping as well. If you're cool with all that, feel free to submit a Direct Request and I'll put it in for you. I'll ship out as many as they let me order :) First come, first serve of course. Thanks guys!
 
[quote name='goomba478']Jotamide, our next week's update will have the GFC Bank beta where you'll be able to request refunds for existing shipping credits. Thanks![/QUOTE]
Hi Goomba. I while ago you said that once the GFC 2.0 beta was live I would be able to reclaim my shipping buffer. However, my balance shows up to be $0. Is there any way to fix this?

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Guys this is a super active week for me as I am changing positions (technically anyway) at work. While it's a "good" thing in that I'm getting a "promotion", it actually means that I'll be working less hours (and probably making less money too). I have to go to training and such this week so I won't be on the forums much, but since I'll be working less days you can expect that I'll have more time to devote to GFC. I hope to ship about 50 packages this week alone, so keep an eye on GYROS.

Also, while I'm still having MAPI issues with Outlook, I've found a workaround that lets me use Mozilla Thunderbird to Email shipping notifications. If you get an email from Goomba478 AT GMAIL DOT COM just know that I'm using it for shipping only. If you respond to it, chances are I won't see it as I don't really use Gmail all that often. Still use my regular Email addresses for this forum to contact me. Thanks guys!
 
Hi Chronorayven, I believe the last of your items is in and will be shipping in the next day or two. I will contact you via Email once I verify this for a fact and ship it out. Thanks again and sorry for the wait, I've been super busy with family matters and haven't been able to respond to all of my Emails but I am working behind the scenes on all packages. Thanks :)
 
Just saying hi guys. I got a ton of packages out today and will continue doing so throughout the week. Next week I'm only scheduled to work 3 days at my regular job, which means lots of GFC'ing. Talk to you all soon. As mentioned earlier, shipping Emails will be from my Gmail account for a while as a temporary fix. Thanks again!
 
Package arrived yesterday Goomba! The whole process went much faster then I though. Thanks very much.

Let me know if I overpaid, or didn't pay enough on the shipping.
 
[quote name='goomba478']Icetron, sure go ahead. The link is listed on the site though under the Package Forwarding Rules page. Thanks![/QUOTE]

I know I have something that should have arrived already, am I able to PF something else to combine and ship them together?
 
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know the good news. We've had 2 days off and already caught up on half of all existing orders. The rest of the RECEIVED items will ship tomorrow and Friday and we'll continue the rest over the weekend. Nearly caught up and feeling good about that ^_^. We can only get faster and faster. Thanks for all of your support!

Icetron, yes you can put another order and ask to combine. Just keep in mind that it's possible your item will ship out first before we can combine them, but we'll do our best =) Thanks!
 
Hey Goomba,
Im thinking about getting Ni no Kuni Wizard edition through Club Namco.
Have you had other people (pre)order it yet? If so can you give me an estimate of total cost.

Thanks
 
goomba, I noticed I still have access to package forwarding even though i bought my premium membership more than a month ago. it doesn't auto renew does it?

also how to i get refunded for my shipping buffer and excess fees?
 
ichit4k4_set0, the total comes to $136.50 USD with everything including service charges and shipping. We've ordered 3 of them for GFC members so far. Feel free to be #4 :)

fuzzbunker, it doesn't auto-renew. It likely just added a few extra days in due to the BETA. Thanks
 
gsrce, I went ahead and put your previous DR order in and made an offer to that eBay seller. I'll let you know how it goes :)

Icetron, I'll go and PM you back...thanks ^_^.
 
Hey Goomba! It's been a while, just wondering how much is shipping a PS Vita game? I believe they are about 0.5 pounds, thanks!
 
Myv, shipping for most Vita games will be $4.00 - $4.50 USD for the most part. Our website will calculate everything when you place your order =) Thanks again and glad to see you back. Hope to do business with you soon ^_^.
 
[quote name='goomba478']Myv, shipping for most Vita games will be $4.00 - $4.50 USD for the most part. Our website will calculate everything when you place your order =) Thanks again and glad to see you back. Hope to do business with you soon ^_^.[/QUOTE]

Thanks!

I put in an order, I think I might have pushed back button to double check something and going through the order ended up submitting two forms.

Please cancel one for me,
Order numbers : 552954227 and 1729821982 .
 
Myv, don't worry. Any orders without payments are considered to be estimates only. You only receive an Email copy in case it doesn't submit and you'd like to have us process it, so you should be all set :) Thanks.
 
[quote name='goomba478']gsrce, we won the eBay item for the $12 price ^_^ I'll let you know once I have it. Thanks![/QUOTE]

Thanks =)

If at all possible I'd love to get everything by the end of the month. As long as everything shows up in time of course! =D
 
[quote name='goomba478']Myv, don't worry. Any orders without payments are considered to be estimates only. You only receive an Email copy in case it doesn't submit and you'd like to have us process it, so you should be all set :) Thanks.[/QUOTE]

Cool, thanks! It should be paid off, I believe I have enough credits with you, and the coupon expires today I think, if you can't order on time I'll order something else another time thanks a bunch :D
 
Hey guys, I'm resuming shipping tonight (till 1:30 AM or so) and tomorrow (same thing) so I expect to get a lot of orders out. GYROS will be updated as I go along :) Thanks.

gsrce, yes I think the last of your items are in or at least most of them. I'll double check and you should get them all before month's end ^_^.

Myv, you have $40 credit with us which is enough to order the game (I'll put in the pre-order for you) and we'll just invoice you for the shipping/service charges separately. Thanks again!
 
Just an update JJ,

I'm probably going to send some more stuff your way, so when you get the stuff you ordered for me, just send the iphone case from the Disney Store to me in a standard envelope and sit on the rest for now please. (If you have yet to send anything out yet that is)

Thanks =)

edit: Luckily I posted this and caught you while you are on tonight =D
 
[quote name='goomba478']Myv, you have $40 credit with us which is enough to order the game (I'll put in the pre-order for you) and we'll just invoice you for the shipping/service charges separately. Thanks again![/QUOTE]

Can you just cancel the order for me, since the coupon deal is over already? Sorry :bouncy:
 
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