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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']shadow_nine, so glad you got the Transformers Blu's ^_^ I did get your GI Joe. Probably shipping out Friday. I'd get it out sooner if I could but as mentioned earlier, I process in order I got the orders. This month is just insane :)[/QUOTE]

Speedy response!!! :bouncy: Thanks again!

No rush just keep up your awesome work!
 
Hey goomba, just curious on when/if my order shipped (Braveheart, Gladiator & Terminator Salvations Blu-rays). Hoping to receive them by Xmas or even by the New Year! *crosses fingers* :)
I'm in no hurry though...I just received The Bourne Trilogy from amazon.uk, and I have Modern Warfare 2 to tide me over until then.
Thanks in advance.
 
Hey goomba has all my items arrived yet? ;D

I know I am on the bottom of the list because I used the UPS method, but I am not in a hurry, just want to make sure everything is ok
 
Hey everyone, first post here!

I got to admit, I thought I was scammed by GFC since I sent my payment on Friday but haven't been contacted by Goomba since. Reading this thread, I now feel bad since hes so swarmed by requests.

Anyway, I was hoping you bought the headphones I linked you to in the email, I have no problem waiting for you to ship them, but I would hope you at least bought the item, since I did pay in full. I will PM you for the details.

Anyway, its nice to be here, I've known about CAG forever but I finally made an account!
 
[quote name='Moses88']Hey everyone, first post here!

I got to admit, I thought I was scammed by GFC since I sent my payment on Friday but haven't been contacted by Goomba since. Reading this thread, I now feel bad since hes so swarmed by requests.

Anyway, I was hoping you bought the headphones I linked you to in the email, I have no problem waiting for you to ship them, but I would hope you at least bought the item, since I did pay in full. I will PM you for the details.

Anyway, its nice to be here, I've known about CAG forever but I finally made an account![/QUOTE]

Goomba? Scam?

Madness!;)
 
I'm not a scammer. That much is a fact. Too much evidence to fight that one.

What I am, unfortunately, is a broke entrepreneur with two nearly full-time jobs, a crazy holiday season, a lot of bills and a slight cold which makes Black Friday - Christmas a nightmare and a half ^_^ The good news is that I'm also a workaholic and an optimist so I'm not giving up. I'm also working around the clock on optimizing the website to streamline these things so that we learn from our lessons and don't repeat our mistakes in 2010.

I do apologize for any delays with your orders guys. I honestly thought I wouldn't receive many orders after the very underwhelming Black Friday this year, but it turns out that a lot of you just did self-orders (far more than I had expected) and I got hit in the side of the head with a brick :)

I'm on the last of the large orders today and tomorrow and then the smaller orders (Games/DVDs/Blu-Rays/CDs) will be flying out of our offices at a breakneck pace. Just hang on there. We're almost through the storm!
 
Hey Goomba I am thinking of ordering some stuff off the Valve Store but I wanna see if its cheaper to send it to you first, then you send it over to me. Your direct request form however is down :(.
 
Oh one more thing. No News is Good News with GFC. We always order your items right away when you pay and shipping sometimes may take a week or more (with the current status of the orders) but we'll only notify you generally if something is wrong. This is going to change in January/February when the new automated system will give you updates every step of the way, but for now we only contact you when we invoice you and when items ship out. If there's a problem we'll let you know (say if your item is out of stock, backordered, or whatever) but we won't write to say "We got your payment, we ordered your items, etc." It is just way too time consuming when dealing with hundreds of orders and I'd rather focus on actually getting your items ordered and shipped out :) If you have questions, you can always Email/PM me and I respond to ALL messages I get :) but it does take some time as you can imagine.

Just remember, come April I will be out of a job so you can guess I'll be working harder than ever at true efficiency. Ultimately, I'd love to return to my order one day and ship the next day as I did at the beginning of the service when we only had 10 or so customers :) We're getting there. You're going to love the next update ;)
 
Even though you are swarmed, you must love the fact that business is a boomin :p Im happy that there's a market out there because this service is awesome, so congrats!

Anyway, the only reason I kept pestering whether you paid is because I made the whole process a lot more convoluted than it should have been, with me asking you to change the invoice, then buying a different product all together, the product going out of stock, etc, so apologies regarding that.

So ya, take your time regarding shipping, no worries. I look forward to seeing the website's added features in the coming months. Should be fun!
 
Moses88, yes it's definitely sweet, sweet sorrow. It's sort of odd because the more business I get, the busier I am and in theory the more money I'm making, but sometimes at the cost of taking off days from my "real" jobs which in turn means I'm making less money. It's very complicated :) But it's all leading towards turning GFC into a genuine business. This will never happen until I'm totally automated on the back end.

The good news is DR 2.0 is one step closer to completion. I just created a new system that will auto-tabulate the sum of multiple items, calculate service charges (For Canadians only at the moment) and the next step will be to let users check out on the page. I'm getting closer and closer to my ultimate end goal :)
 
Maigoyume, I just got home from work and ordered TWEWY for $10, but FFIV is showing up as $20 now. Did you still want it? Let me know cuz I know you still have credit to cover it either way with GFC. Let me know :) Thanks!
 
** GFC DR 2.0 Preview **

Okay so it's not actually functional yet (I have it disabled so that it won't go live until it's finished) but I wanted to give you guys the first preview of the new and improved DR 2.0 system coming in the next few weeks. Right now the following form will let you request multiple items and it will calculate the totals, the service charge and soon will also calculate shipping costs/insurance as well.

Keep in mind the bottom part where it asks you to pre-pay is NOT yet implemented (though sample links are included). This will of course be working in the final page.

Feel free to submit a sample request for fun. It doesn't actually send me anything at the moment since the page is still being worked on. But it'll give you a quick idea of the direction I'm moving in :) Slowly but surely the pieces are going to fit together and GFC will be truly automated. You're going to love it.

Go take a peek:

http://www.gamesforcanada.com/dr-prepay.php
 
[quote name='goomba478']Maigoyume, I just got home from work and ordered TWEWY for $10, but FFIV is showing up as $20 now. Did you still want it? Let me know cuz I know you still have credit to cover it either way with GFC. Let me know :) Thanks![/QUOTE]Awww man, I really wanted FFIV :cry: hold off on it then, I'll just stick wtih TWEWY for now
 
Maigoyume, yeah I'm sorry. I was driving home from work then had to go to the bank and supermarket and gas station. When I got home and saw your message, the sale was over. Do you not have any way to order from Amazon.com to my UPS account? Let me know if you need the info. Thanks!

Also, did anyone check out the new DR 2.0 page that's in progress? Just curious :) Thanks!
 
I placed an order this morning for MGS essential and I was just wondering if you got it since it was a beta page. Site's looking good though!
 
In case you guys are wondering where I am, I'm going to do a pseudo-type GYROS update for some of the orders I'm working on tonight:

[ #'s indicate invoice number sent by GFC ]

#548 - The biggest and most expensive single order ever. Packing tonight and shipping Express Mail tomorrow. Man this thing is heavy =P

#634 - Steve Madden Shoes are supposed to ship on 12/24/2009


#713 - Got Valkyria Chronicles but it wasn't sealed (as I mentioned may be the case). If you want a refund I can give you one in full, or I can send you the new but unsealed copy. Your call.

#721 - Valkyria Chronicles (New/Not Sealed) - Shipping Tomorrow

#722 - GI JOE Blu-Ray Shipping Tomorrow.

#730 - GoHastings items are in. Going to repack and should ship out Tomorrow or Friday.

#731 - Ghostbusters Slimer Edition (Xbox 360). Just came in. Going to repack and send shipping invoice Thursday. Will ship as soon as I receive payment for shipping.

#722 - GI JOE Blu-Ray Shipping Tomorrow.

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A lot more are shipping out Friday/Saturday. Nearly all big ones will be done then. By Sunday I hope to have almost all standard DR's done. Sunday night I'll invoice for all UPS self-orders and then Monday-Wednesday I'll finish shipping them out. Any orders placed in the last week will ship out the week after more than likely. Making progress!
 
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tkszeto, currently there are two types of invoices:

1) A "Direct Request" where you request items through my website, I look at the prices and create an invoice (which includes items, shipping & service charge).

OR

2) A "Self Order" where you order items yourself, ship them to my UPS Mailbox and I repackage them and invoice you for shipping + service charges.

Either way is fine, and soon the two methods will be automated through the website (coming in January 2010), but for now you have to choose one or the other :)

I no longer buy items for people before they pay because I lost way too much money in the past doing that. So I invoice to let people know what the order will cost and if they pay, I go ahead and order the items. When the items come in, I promptly repackage them and ship them out ASAP. When items ship you always will receive an Email letting you know the date, type of mail used and Customs # / Tracking ID.
 
oh... and tkszeto,

If you requested items through the UPS method and have not received and invoice, that just means that I haven't gotten to your order yet (I process them all in the order I receive the requests). I will be doing all the UPS invoicing on Sunday this week and will ship out Monday/Tuesday for most as long as payment is made for shipping ^_^ Thanks! Hope that all makes sense.
 
Wow, thanks for replying so fast! It's going to be awesome once you get everything automated.
I was getting worried because I hadn't gotten an invoice yet for my "Self Order", but I'm in the lowest of the priorities (DR, prepaid except for shipping and small item) so hopefully you'll get to it this weekend :)
Thanks for the constant updates.
 
Yeah, seriously you have no idea how much easier automation will make this. Right now the service is about 60% invoicing, 20% ordering/sorting, 20% packing for me. Once I automate it then I'll only have to do the occasional manual invoice and the rest of the time can go towards packing and actually working on the site and making it better.

I really have great ambitions for this site, and having only one job will definitely mean a LOT more time spent on my services. Again, the "Self Order" thing is REALLY new. In fact, before the week of Black Friday I didn't even have the UPS info out there, so it's something I didn't think as many people would use and didn't have a real system in place for the invoicing. The good news is I received all the orders items for self orders and just have to sort them all out now. Invoicing will come soon.

I promise I won't leave you guys in the dark. Once I sort out this mess and get December 2009 behind me, I'm going to breathe a heavy sigh of relief :) Thanks again for your support!
 
[quote name='goomba478']** GFC DR 2.0 Preview **

Okay so it's not actually functional yet (I have it disabled so that it won't go live until it's finished) but I...

http://www.gamesforcanada.com/dr-prepay.php[/QUOTE]

Nice, the additional items work pretty well. I have one suggestion and that is you should state clearly what sizes of items you don't ship since you have limited space. Another good addition to your automation is a delivery estimation based on how full your storage is. Not sure how exactly you can calculate that but you could start off with a nice number that is manageable and change it if it's too low.
 
Do you guys like the mini GYROS type update? If so I'll continue to do them until we catch up totally. GYROS will eventually be listed in real time on the site :) though you'll only be able to see details of the orders that belong to you ^_^
 
adrianchan56, I'll be laying out all the shipping info on a seperate page when you check out so no worries :) I'm definitely going to include that. There will also be a " There are X orders ahead of yours" once the automated system goes live. So all your concerns are already in planning :) Glad great minds think alike!
 
As for how I'll do it...the GYROS system will be Red/Yellow/Green order status. The system will count the number of Red and Yellow orders ahead of yours and will let you know where you stand in the Queue. In addition, you can check your individual orders to see the steps:

Ordered / Invoiced / Payment Received / Items Ordered / Items Received / Items Shipped, etc.

It'll be quite nice :)
 
** MINI GYROS UPDATE (Rolling, not a complete list) **
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[ #'s indicate invoice number sent by GFC, #W indicates Website Order from GFC Store ]

#548 - The biggest and most expensive single order ever. Packing tonight and shipping Express Mail tomorrow. Man this thing is heavy =P

#634 - Steve Madden Shoes are supposed to ship on 12/24/2009


#713 - Valkyria Chronicles (New Not Sealed) - SHIPPED 12/18/2009

#722 - GI JOE Blu-Ray - SHIPPED 12/18/2009

#730 - GoHastings items are in. Going to repack and should ship out Tomorrow or Friday.

#731 - Ghostbusters Slimer Edition (Xbox 360). Just came in. Going to repack and send shipping invoice Thursday. Will ship as soon as I receive payment for shipping.

#722 - GI JOE Blu-Ray Shipping Tomorrow.


#W318 - Demon's Souls - SHIPPED 12/17/2009

#721 - Valkyria Chronicles (New/Not Sealed) - SHIPPED 12/17/2009
 
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Heimdal, no I haven't yet. Logitech said the order went through but I haven't received them yet. I do have some on order that are supposedly coming in on 12/24/2009, so if the originally ordered ones don't show up I'll try to keep one of those on the side for you. I believe there is one extra pair that hasn't been paid for. If I don't have them by 12/31/2009 I can refund you in full. Sorry they're taking their sweet time to get here =P
 
[quote name='goomba478']Do you guys like the mini GYROS type update? If so I'll continue to do them until we catch up totally.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure everyone likes updates, I liked seeing a little update on my order ;) Soo, now that GoHastings stuff is showing up, how are they? Is stuff in general complete, or do they send out disc only games or something terrible?

[quote name='goomba478']GYROS will eventually be listed in real time on the site :) though you'll only be able to see details of the orders that belong to you ^_^[/QUOTE]
Booooooooo!!! Voyeurism is half the fun :D
 
You will still see certain things about the other orders. Just not the person's name and info. You'll still be able to see a list of all the items ahead of yours, just not the fine details ^_^ so voyeurs can still have some fun. In addition there will be a "What People are Ordering" page for further speculation that will randomly show pictures and names of some random items people have ordered. It'll be fun :)
 
[quote name='goomba478']

#548 - The biggest and most expensive single order ever. Packing tonight and shipping Express Mail tomorrow. Man this thing is heavy =P

[/QUOTE]

The voyeur in me is curious?
 
[quote name='goomba478']Just a LOT of computer parts and video games ;) about 45 pounds or so. Only like half the total order too :p[/QUOTE]

:shock: 45LBS?!?!!? :shock:
 
Not to be rude, but do you have a price range for that item? I'm still in shock about the 100 pounds. I hope most of those games were under $5, unless this person is rich. I haven't even thought about the price of all those computer parts :whistle2:s
 
...It makes me wonder if that was that Australian guy ordering his computer parts... That is very familiar to the size of the order he was planning on getting :p
 
Not Australia...Argentina :) and yes it's the same guy. He has a lot of great little things going on with that order. He'll be very happy once he receives it, and I'll be happy because I'll have half of my living room back again ^_^ Yeah!

I'm out of work now guys and am currently at my Grandma's house. I'm cooking a Pumpkin Pie and saying goodbye to my mom who flies back to Florida tomorrow morning. I'll be resuming packing tonight :) Thanks!
 
Apparently I fail at reading country names then, or he typed it wrong...

Hopefully you get quite a bit of good dough from the order though :p I always knew my youtube channel may help someday haha.
 
You're advertising for us on YouTube? Let me know the link =) I'll gladly link to it on the website! I'm going to be making some Video FAQs and commercials in the near future :)

I do have Australian customers too, though they typically buy clothing and not computers often.
 
Generally, I do a lot of computer and electronics consulting and reviews through youtube... I've mentioned gamesforcanada a handful of times for exporting stuff from the states and recommend it do any international person since american prices are so cheap...

Unfortunately, I have to spend a good deal of time explaining that it's not only video games, that the direct request feature gets you whatever you want, and they ship internationally.

You may want to put in big bold letters somewhere WE SHIP WORLDWIDE or something.
 
RoganSarine, that's so cool of you. Definitely let me know your links :)

As for the Canadian thing, don't worry. Starting in February it'll no longer be a problem. GFC will be Canada only, and I'm going to launch another one for all countries. The site will be virtually mirrored but GFC will stay Canadian focused. There will be three:

1) GFC - Same service, same name with lots of automated updates
2) Fashion Forwarder - Similiar services with heavier emphasis on clothing (worldwide emphasis as well)
3) Un-named GFC-like service for Rest of the world.

The sites will all be similar in their structure and everything but will focus on different things. For example FashionForwarder will have coupons and sales for clothing items as well as online deals for clothes. GFC will still focus mostly on video games and all other things will be on the yet-to-be-unnamed service :)

Don't worry. It'll all make sense soon enough! Then people don't have to be confused anymore ^_^
 
Hey Goomba, this is great thing you are doing man. I'm new to your GFC and trying to figure everything out. I'm thinking I may order something next time Amazon.com has a great sale.
I was wondering how you go about ordering stuff when it is a first-come-first serve, constantly refreshing the page amazing deal thing. If you know what I mean.
Do you think you could give me a small explanation, or better yet a link I can follow to where it will answer my question?

Thanks again Goomba and best of luck on turning this into a new business, I'm also opening a local repair shop at the beginning of the new year and I know some of the stress/excitement you are going through.
 
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