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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This is how my morning went:

Dad: "Son there's a package for you!"

Me: *runs down stairs*




WTF? Why is the box so small? Has Amazon shafted me?




Hmm... game is here... is the Lancer inflatable?




And I was left... no Lancer.

Pleasepleaseplease tell me I didn't give you $200USD for a game and that you sent the Lancer in a separate package.
 
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[quote name='kgroat']All the FS near me have been sold out of the figure since first day of Gears
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It was mostly gone at midnight launches. I thought about picking up two myself, but resisted...
 
[quote name='snowsquirrel']kathos chillout. maybe shoot goomba a PM calmly asking him, instead of a public freakout.[/quote]

Not a public freakout, just slight outrage that I received the game but not the Lancer, when both could be shipped at the same time in the same box.

I'm pretty sure any of you would react the same way when you expect a big box but sadly receive only a small one.

Goomba is "Vault Legend" around here (been playing Fallout 3 a lot XD) so I'm sure nothing sketchy went on, but still, slight outrage is there. And I didn't PM 'cause I thought this would reach him faster (I personally don't check PMs/don't even notice them until a few days later) here, since he posts daily.
 
Kathos, I told you twice in emails that I was sending them seperately so that you could receive them faster. I figured that the Lancer would get stuck in customs longer due to it's large size, and if I shipped them together it would probably have cost you more in customs. It cost me more money to ship them seperately but I shipped the Lancer with Priority Mail which is supposed to be faster (the game was shipped first class, but since it's small it just likely reached you first).

Of course I didn't shaft you man, I don't run my business like that. The Lancer is in a HUGE package and probably will get to you any day now. Again it's a HUGE package so it likely just took longer in customs. It came in a big box that had no room to fit the game into, so I figured shipping seperately would make the most sense.

Don't worry my friend. You'll have your Lancer very very soon :)
 
[quote name='goomba478']Kathos, I told you twice in emails that I was sending them seperately so that you could receive them faster. I figured that the Lancer would get stuck in customs longer due to it's large size, and if I shipped them together it would probably have cost you more in customs. It cost me more money to ship them seperately but I shipped the Lancer with Priority Mail which is supposed to be faster (the game was shipped first class, but since it's small it just likely reached you first).

Of course I didn't shaft you man, I don't run my business like that. The Lancer is in a HUGE package and probably will get to you any day now. Again it's a HUGE package so it likely just took longer in customs. It came in a big box that had no room to fit the game into, so I figured shipping seperately would make the most sense.

Don't worry my friend. You'll have your Lancer very very soon :)[/quote]

You sent me emails? I don't think I got those :S explaining my pre-mature blahs.

You wonderful bastard Goomba, I knew nothing bad was gonna happen (but this is the internet, so you'll have to excuse my outburst). Awesome thanks a lot Goomba, I can breathe a sigh of relief and go back to sleep, enjoy my day off in a long time and zzzzz ~_~;;
 
Your outburst is understood and excused :) No hard feelings. Well in the future I guess I'll just try to contact you through here. Seems the Email monster is gobbling up my mails to you and now that we all know you don't check PM's the forum will have to do. I also have an MSN account if you'd like to reach me in the future.

As for the address...yeah your address is in the photo, might not want to give that out. Mine's not as much of an issue since it's a PO Box used for my business, but still. Just relax, enjoy the game for now and know that your Huge Lancer is on its merry way to Canada as we speak (actually it should have reached Canada a while ago, just a matter of getting to your house after customs and all that fun stuff). Thanks for understanding ^_^
 
[quote name='Princess Zelda']Kathos
Just incase your lancer doesn't work when you put batteries in read this http://kotaku.com/5085029/replica-gears-lancers-broken-heres-how-you-fix-em[/quote]

Yeah I read about that problem, I hear the Amazon Pip-Boys have been having problems too (scratchy paint and non functioning... clocks).

It just sucks I have to mail those guys for a piece of metal but everyone's saying aluminum foil does the trick too, thanks for the heads up.
 
Well if there is a problem with the metal piece, I could contact them and mail it to you. I'm sure it's light enough that it would cost next to nothing for me, so it wouldn't cost you anything. Foil seems like it would work though (I used that trick myself as a kid). In any case let me know. I wanna see pictures of the Lancer ;) I didn't open the box obviously as tempting as it was hehe.
 
Maigoyume, yes your DQIV shipped out yesterday in fact. Here is the information if you want it:

* Dragon Quest IV (Nintendo DS) - maigoyume - PAID - SHIPPED 11/12/2008 - LC746990552US

Just so you know, I don't typically mail out messages saying when packages have shipped only because I have so many of them and it takes a lot of time. Instead I have been doing weekly updates here in the forums of all the orders and of course if people inquire like you did then I answer them directly :) In the future I plan to incorporate an order tracker on the improved GamesForCanada.com site (still in development).

The World Poker Tour just ended at my casino so I'll be having more time to devote to the site. I still have nearly 450 games to sell through my eBay site, so once I get all that backlog of old games sold then I plan to focus 90% of my energy on GamesForCanada.com. The site is already receiving orders from Australia, Russia, England and elsewhere so people are visiting it even though I have almost no updates and little content on there. So imagine once I get things running :) It's exciting!
 
Hmm. I was looking at deal forum and Eye of Judgement with PS EYE, starter deck, booster deck is on clearance for $15 at WalMart. If you happen to find some, I'll take one :)
 
danthemightyone, the PS Eye and Eye of Judgment sales are EXTREMELY YMMV. I've looked all over every time a forum posts about one of these sales and have never seen one in the wild. I'll definitely pick one up if I see it, but don't count on it.

Maigoyume, you're welcome. The game looks great by the way ^_^
 
Oh really? Well like I said it's not done yet. That's weird though. Could you possibly send me a screenshot? I'm working with CSS and so far on all of my browsers it's looked correct. Thanks ^_^ (By the way, grab this game before it's gone...I'm going to order like 10 copies myself cuz I've been looking for a sealed copy FOREVER now).
 
Here is what the new page SHOULD look like. Just to give you an idea. Note the member login is not yet active nor are some of the links, but the Services/Store/Blog links on top DO work as do the store links (at least they should):

 
Well thanks for letting me know Dan. I'll be sure to work out the bugs when the final version is up and running (I'm getting there ^_^). The final version will be a combination of Tables/CSS so I should get it working the way I want it to. Sorry it looks buggy to you. Did anyone else check it out? Let me know if it looks funky in your browsers too. I've tried it in Windows using Firefox 1/2/3 and IE as well as on my Mac in Safari and even on my iPhone and it looked right on all of those. I wonder what the issue is...probably the eBay script throwing it off for some reason.

Dan can you try this:

http://www.gamesforcanada.com/new/index.html

Let me know if that looks correct. If so then it's likely the eBay script.
 
Okay, I think I found the problem. I'm using CSS Floats and it's treating the eBay section as it's own paragraph and therefore setting it to the side. I'm going to fix it but unfortunately I have to go now to work. Thanks for all your help guys. Be sure to get Persona 2 ... only 15 copies left on the US site. The Canadian Amazon is bound to sell out very soon as well.
 
Yes eBay should always be on the bottom of the other ones. Thanks so much for helping me in finding that bug. I'm sure the final site will have it's fair share of issues as well, but that'll be fun looking through them :) I should have the majority of them worked out once it goes live ^_^ Things are looking good! I think streamlining all my services into one site is going to make a big difference. It'll be easier to order from, easier to track your orders and hopefully I'll make more sales and attract new customers as well. Thanks guys! Off to work now :)
 
How's it going there Goomba.

What's the cheapest you can get Eternal Sonata for the PS3 for?
Could you keep a lookout for a good deal for me? Thanks.
 
[quote name='goomba478']Kathos, I told you twice in emails that I was sending them seperately so that you could receive them faster. I figured that the Lancer would get stuck in customs longer due to it's large size, and if I shipped them together it would probably have cost you more in customs. It cost me more money to ship them seperately but I shipped the Lancer with Priority Mail which is supposed to be faster (the game was shipped first class, but since it's small it just likely reached you first).[/quote]
I donno if his local mail is like mine, but I usually only get larger parcels that the mail-carrier can't bring on Mondays and Fridays.

[quote name='goomba478'](By the way, grab this game before it's gone...I'm going to order like 10 copies myself cuz I've been looking for a sealed copy FOREVER now).[/quote]
Just FYI it's most likely going to be like the last reprint, and won't have a real seal sticker. So it's not going to have that collector value. And it's $10 more than the last reprint, greedy Atlus :bouncy: Of course it's still a great deal for newbie fans :)
 
Heimdal, the cheapest I have seen yet would put it at around $45 USD shipped to you in Canada. The game is still relatively new so I wouldn't expect too many deals anytime soon. What is the price point you're looking for?
 
Just so you guys know, I'm going out of town today to a housewarming party for a highschool friend who I haven't seen in nearly 5 years now, so if you need to reach me, feel free to Email me or PM me and I'll do my best to get back to you. For new orders, feel free to use the traditional methods (website, etc.). Thanks guys!
 
The new site is really exciting (and only about two weeks away from launching ... *Crosses Fingers*). I'm working towards a database driven site that is made from scratch so it's a TON of work but it'll be worth it :) Thanks for checking out the preview. Yes I can't wait for Wall-E either ^_^ Really close now! Cya soon :) Off to bed I go. I had a great day...so much fun seeing all my friends (8 years is a LONG time to not see your closest friends). Adios!
 
Hey goomba, just in case you didn't get my PM/msn. Do you mind picking me up spectral force 3 + dokapon kingdom? If they change prices don't worry about either of them. Thanks in advance.
 
afterburn999, great news! Your flavor drops have arrived ^_^ I have them all packed up and they will be going out first thing tomorrow (Monday - 11/17/2008). Thanks again! They smell really good by the way :) Hope you enjoy them!
 
ragnar14, I sent you an invoice (minus the guide). The guide is $20 USD but probably will cost about $5 shipping due to it's size/weight. If you want to get the guide too just add $26 to the total invoice price I gave you in the Email. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']danthemightyone, I'll go and send you an invoice for those three :) Thanks![/quote]

I just sent payment for these three items. Can you send a new invoice for Persona 4 stuff and DQ4 again, after taking out Eternal Poison? Thanks.
 
Hey Goomba Kathos here, any way to check up on that Lancer shipment? I'm dying with anticipation and I really want to pretend shoot my fat lazy dog with it (he goes NUTS at the sound of toy guns).
 
[quote name='goomba478']ragnar14, I sent you an invoice (minus the guide). The guide is $20 USD but probably will cost about $5 shipping due to it's size/weight. If you want to get the guide too just add $26 to the total invoice price I gave you in the Email. Thanks![/quote]

Thanks, payment is out for the games :D

[quote name='jeffx']hey ragnar if you buy the P4 guide from doublejump you can use the p4pre coupon for free priority shipping, making the guide 20$ (plus whatever it costs goomba to get it to you)[/quote]
Well Amazon does free shipping for Goomba. So it's the same thing. But I can use that code myself to make Doublejump's ridiculous Canadian shipping kinda reasonable. So I guess I'll do that instead of delaying my Goomba order a couple weeks. Thanks for pointing the coupon out :)
 
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