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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Jotamide, thanks I've fixed your address on there. We'll be picking up your PF order on Thursday probably so as long as it's there, we'll have it shipped out Friday morning. Thanks again :)

Everyone else, just a friendly reminder that we CAN ship LI-ION batteries now as long as they are in their respective device (cell phone, video game system, etc.) but we CANNOT ship empty LI-ION batteries by themselves through USPS. We need to arrange UPS shipments for these types of things. Thanks!

 
Hey Goomba, I just realized I ordered the wrong size shoes from nikeID.com (I ordered size 10 instead of 12, I have no idea what I was thinking). I'm going to order a new pair in the correct size but I was wondering how you wanted to handle the return?

According to the nikeID website (http://help-en-us.nike.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29787/p/3897) their products can be returned for any reason with 30 days of shipping so that's not a concern. What I was wondering is if you wanted to initial the return process or is that something I should do?

I figured it would be easier to do this now as opposed to waiting for the shoes to be shipped to me and then return them.

It says it can take 1 or 2 billing cycles for the money to be refunded so I assume I would just get the money for that pair refunded (less any fees) after you get it credited back to your credit card. Is that correct?

Sorry about the hassle with this, I really don't know how I messed up on something this obvious.

 
Hey J-P,

Sorry to hear that you ordered the wrong size! Yes, if you can initialize the return process then I'll ship it back to them and refund you once they credit my account. Not to worry though, you're not the first person this has happened to =) It happens. Feel free to Email me at JJParks AT Improcomics DOT org and we'll work it out. Thanks again.

 
Glad to hear you guys got your items quickly and safely :) I'm still in a little bit of a tizzy over the iTunes scammers (still feeling the pain from that) but things are slowly recovering on our end. Hopefully we'll get some new customers/orders to come our way and dig us out completely ^_^. Appreciate all of your support. All existing orders should be going out next week (except very early pre-orders of course). Keep you posted!

 
hey Goomba, hope you are doing well. I just wanted to confirm you received my DR order this afternoon for RL shirts x 2.
tx in advance
JamesX
 
Hi JamesX, sorry if you didn't see I added your items to GYROS a few days back. Once they're in, I'll let you know ^_^.

Also, I've been focusing a lot on getting packages out, but I'll be adding a bunch of new items to the rewards store this week as well as I'm photographing for eBay auctions and such. Kill two birds with one stone :) Eventually there will be enough rewards in there that there'll be something for everyone. Remember that you can always offer lower prices for our rewards if they seem too high. Thanks again guys!

 
Hi guys the insanity that was August is finally over and the "Labor Day" weekend insanity is complete. Now back to normal! Here's some answers to recently posted questions. As always, you can Email me directly at JJ AT improcomics DOT org for quicker responses :).

cruk, no sales tax for Amazon or NewEgg unless you buy from a 3rd party seller that's located in Connecticut (CT). Thanks!

JamesX, we have received your RL items and should be shipping them out today. Thanks!

Pat_Mccrotch, I won't know the actual difference due until I receive the items (should be any day now). I just know that the estimated weight of them is higher than what we had estimated on your order. Thanks again!

 
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Good news everyone, nearly all un-shipped items are in (except pre-orders of course) so over the next couple of days we should get all current GYROS orders either shipped or status updated. It's funny how orders always seem to come in groups and bundles.  As always, you will receive an Email with a tracking ID number once your item ships.  Thanks again for all of your ongoing support! Don't forget to tell your friends about our services :).

 
** All Caught Up on Orders **

Just wanted to let you know that all current orders are up to date, besides pre-orders and items not yet received by us.  Any unshipped items are either un-received or require additional shipping. Please check your Email addresses if "Requires Additional Shipping" appears on GYROS for your order. As always you can always Email me any questions you have. Thanks again guys ^_^.

 
Let's say I win a game in a contest, but Québec's resident weren't eligible to the contest. Is it possible to forward my prize to my address ?

 
I just noticed this thread (0.0)  I live in the States, but have many Canadian friends who may be interested in this.  I'll definitely pass on this info Goomba478 =D

 
Tanelorn, generally yes.  As long as they allow you to ship to any US address, then you'll be all set.  Good luck to you!  Just please keep in mind that only GFC Premium members can use the package forwarding (PF) option.  You can wait to see if you win though and then sign up afterward :).

ZCG,  Thanks so much!  We're a really, really small little business (one person technically lol) but we've shipped thousands of packages over the last few years =) Every bit helps!  We don't advertise so word of mouth is all we have.  Appreciate it!

Everyone else, my Gmail is being a bit wonky (my Picasaweb size was downsized by Google and now I'm over my quota) so you may not receive shipping Email confirmations this week.  Just keep an eye out on our GYROS page for order updates.  I'll be doing a big update tonight. Thanks!

 
Actually, it wasn't an hypothetical question, I did actually win a contest. I registered for future use maybe, but for the moment, I needed a solution... FAST and the Premium members PF service being handled manually (as I understood it), didn't seem fast enough for me. But the DR service might be usefull someday.

 
Oh OK Tanelorn, I didn't realize that by the way you phrased it =). Just so you know, in the future you can contact me directly at JJParks AT Improcomics DOT org and I will respond a lot faster than in this thread.  Sorry about that but I hope to help you out in the future with DR orders anyhow.  The processing of the PF system is actually done all automatically on our site just so you know from the estimate, the shipping and all of that.  We have to physically process the package shipping manually of course, but all of the financial stuff is done through our automated web system.  Hope that makes sense.  Thanks again and talk to you soon.

 
Hello Goomba,

I placed a direct request order on Sept 26th for items from Amazon.com,  can you update me on the status of this order?

 
There is no information regarding it on Gyros. I paid by $69.50 via paypal on September 26th.
 
Thanks in advance.
JamesX
 
Note: I also email you directly at JJParks AT Improcomics DOT org.
 
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Quick update for you guys.  i have like 12 orders on GYROS now and about 6 of them came in almost simultaneously.  I'll be working on packing/invoicing those today and tomorrow and I'll keep updating new orders that haven't been added on there yet also.  Thanks again for your support :).  Keep in mind that next month is the famous (infamous?) Black Friday event with major retailers so that'll be here before you know it.  Thanks!

 
** Amazon Sales Tax in CT ... Say it Isn't So! **

Today is a sad day.  Amazon and all it's affiliated sites (Shopbop, Zappos, Audible, etc.) will now be charging 6.35% Sales Tax in my home state of Connecticut.  I've spent probably hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years on this site (not just for me personally of course) so it's always been the cheapest place to buy items especially with free shipping, and such.  Starting November 1st (which already passed obviously) they will now add 6.35% Sales tax to all orders.  Please keep this in mind when ordering Direct Requests (DR) orders through us as Black Friday and the Christmas shopping season is quickly approaching.  Bummer!  Feel free to look into alternatives like Buy.com or others that are not physically located in CT and therefore do not have to charge the tax (yet).

 
** Quick Update **

Just letting you guys know we're pretty much all caught up with all orders that have come in now.  We'll be doing daily GYROS updates all week for PF/DR orders and doing a few little site updates as well.  I'm trying to clean out some storage space so I'll be pretty busy with that, but I'll respond to all Emails and orders as per usual.  Thanks again for your ongoing support =) Every bit counts!

 
** Black Friday is Almost Here! **

Just a friendly reminder that you should sign up for GFC Premium if you plan on using Package Forwarding (PF) services for the upcoming Black Friday sales.  Due to the quick sellout rates of most online stores, we don't recommend Direct Requests for BF sales as I more than likely will not be able to get them in time.  Being able to order on your own and ship to us gives you a lot better chance at snagging some real deals =).  Thanks again guys and keep in touch if you have any questions!

 
Well, Goomba, thanks to the utter inanity of the Global Shipping Program that eBay is pushing incredibly hard on its U.S.-based sellers, constantly attempting to apply import charges on a class of items that does not even have duties applied to it for export into Canada (video games), looks like I will be using your service again :).

 
Yeah! Welcome back darkstarripclaw. I've already upgraded you to Premium in the system so you should be able to put in PF orders no problem.  Happy Black Friday ^_^.

 
OK so we survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  I should have all current DR orders finished by tomorrow (for items received) or at least by Saturday/Sunday.  For new PF orders we'll be processing them throughout the week and doing another pickup of PF orders on Thursday tentatively.  Thanks for all of your support guys! ^_^.

 
Just a heads up...to clear out some inventory space and make room for new merchandise, we'll be having a traditional dv8mad style lowball here on CAG in the next couple of weeks.  I'll be sure to add a link in this thread as well as on the site.  Lots of great games and accessories to be had for cheap! ^_^  More details very soon.  Thanks guys!  Happy Holidays!

 
Hope you all had a great Christmas! New Years will be here soon and we are pretty much all caught up with current orders. Updating GYROS fully over the weekend. Happy holidays!
 
** GFC Temporarily Down (Email Too) **

Hey guys, not exactly how I wanted to end the 2013 year, but our host is having some issues and the site is temporarily down.  This has happened very briefly in the past and it was resolved quickly, so I assume the same should be true here as well.  For the meantime I'm unable to receive new orders or Emails at my Improcomics / GamesForCanada domains.  If you need to ask a question you can reach me directly at:

GamesforCanada AT Gmail DOT com.


Edit: All is well.  Looks like our site is back and running and Host Gator is on the ball again =).

Thanks guys and Happy New Year to you!

 
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Hi Goomba,

I just signed up for the premium account as I require your service once again. ;)

Is the address for package forwarding still the same as the old one?

 
Hey there Leshita, you'll be happy to know your account is activated now =) Premium Membership is live!  The address for package forwarding is indeed the same, but if you need to refresh your memory it's listed on the PF portion of the site once you log in (you may need to refresh your cookies on the site if you haven't been there in a while).

If you run into any issues let me know.

Also, just so you all know, I now have CAG Alerts activated again (not sure how my options got changed...maybe with the CAG updates?) so I'll get notification when you PM me here or when you write in this forum.  I'll do my best to respond ASAP.  Thanks again and talk to you all soon!

 
** GFC Package Forwarding Links Working Again **

A few users mentioned that the "Package Forwarding" Sections were not showing up in the sidebar despite being premium members.  I looked into the problem and it seemed to be an error with the template settings.  I have since fixed the code, so if you still experience this problem please let me know and I'll code further.  Thanks again for all of your support!

Also, keep in mind we'll be doing a major, major selling off of old stock (still have hundreds if not thousands of items to sell) and we'll be using CAG forums and lowball sales to get rid of a good majority of them.  First lowball starts this upcoming week.  Keep an eye out for it!

 
** GFC Lowball is Going on in CAG Forums - Ends Early 1/13/2014 **

Just wanted to let you guys know we're doing a lowball auction on the CAG forums for the first time in ages.  Lots of AAA games and just for you guys the following items:

[SIZE=10pt]1 Month Premium Membership (MSRP: $10.00) - [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]RagabooMustang - $2.00[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]1 Year Premium Membership (MSRP: $100.00) - [/SIZE]RagabooMustang - $2.00

[SIZE=10pt]10 Service Charge Credits (MSRP: $10.00) - [/SIZE]RagabooMustang - $2.00

[SIZE=10pt]20 Service Charge Credits (MSRP: $20.00) - [/SIZE]RagabooMustang - $2.00

[Currently all of these above items at time of posting are $2.00!]

Check it out and feel free to bid on :

 http://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/325600-live-goombas-having-a-2nd-baby-needs-money-lowball-010514-011314/

 
Hi there Leshita,

Yeah I got your message about adding a pigeon mask, but I thought you were just ordering on your own as a Package Fowarding item.  Is that correct?

 
Yeah, I did submit my package forward request but I ordered the mask after my PF submission. Should I just submit another PF request just for the mask then?

Actually could you please hold onto all my packages for now? I will see later this week if there's any other items I would like to have forwarded to me. ;)

Thank you.

 
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** HUGE LOWBALL AUCTION GOING ON NOW ^_^ **

Just wanted to give you all a heads up.  I'm running a huge in-thread Lowball Auction on CAG and it includes some really great membership discounts for CAG GFC Members (1 month and 1 year GFC Premium Memberships starting at $1.00 bids as well as dirt-cheap service charge credits).  If you plan to use GFC any time soon, I suggest you check it out!  Also TONS of great and RARE games to be had as well:
 

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/325600-live-goombas-rare-wonderful-lowball-with-rollover-shipping-option-012014-013014/

Thanks for your support!  I'll be packing quite a bit tonight and tomorrow despite the huge snow storm we're currently in ^_^.

 
Hi Goomba, how much would it cost in total for you to buy a 12 month Xbox 360 Live Subscription for $39.99USD (+taxes?) at BestBuy, and then send the code (not the physical card)?

 
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I would be interrested to use your service for Drakengard 3 which is exclusive to SquareEnix's Online Store
And they use DigitalRivers...

I was wondering how does your services work!?
 
Hey guys, for those of you wondering, I would charge the typical $2.00 service charge ($1.00 service charge for premium members) plus the item/sales tax/etc.  Since no shipping is due for digital codes, I would just send you the code via Email/PM.  So that's pretty straight forward.  You can go to my website and submit a "Direct Request" with the details of the item you want to order and I'll take care of the rest.  For digital items chose the "Digital Item - No Shipping Necessary".  If you're charged for shipping, I'll refund you in full for that as the shipping buffer may still kick in.  If you need any more info let me know!

 
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