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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Newsletter #002 has been sent out. I've changed the new items/sale items section to be a table so that it will load properly. I haven't quite figured out what fonts/sizes/colors to use, but this time around it should load images (unlike the last time).

Be sure to check it out as there is a coupon on the bottom of the newsletter =) Good for testing out the site and putting in your first order. Thanks!
 
Update: I have now put together a beta version of my Custom Request form. This form will allow you to directly request ANY deal from any website and will send the information to me via a handy online web form. I will be integrating this better into the actual website, but for now feel free to give it a try:

http://gamesforcanada.com/direct-request.php

This page will send a copy to me and will also send you a copy for your records. This will be very useful in sending me requests as my CAG box is very limited to how many messages I can receive and it helps me to get the item request, the URL and your shipping information all in one handy place. Please, if you're considering to order something from me give it a try :) I really would like to know that I coded it properly.

Sincerely,
JJ Parks ^_^

PS: Sorry the page is so ugly. I figured it's more important to have it work before working on its style/appearance.
 
Ugly is fine, it's a good form :) It needs space for a comment though. I spotted something ok on eBay, so I'm going to try and fill in a request right now. The Buy-it-now is ok, the only copy I've ever seen on eBay.ca sold for $70. I wouldn't pay that much, but $10+shipping(s) doesn't seem shabby ^_^

Edit: Order submission confirmation email received. Just figured you'd wanna know that's working correctly.
 
checked out the site. Great stuff so far. I will keep checking the bargain section. (It'll probably be my most frequented area)

I'm looking for a dirt cheap copy of the first buffy game for xbox and a few other random xbox things.
 
I'm going to add Castle of Shikigami III to my Chaos War order from gamestop. Seems like you can't find SnS3 in Canada.

also Nanostray 2 is 19.99$, down 10$ for good.
 
Thank you to everyone who has given me feedback!

Ragnar14, I did get your order submission and I'm going to look into that right now for you :) You're absolutely right about it needing a comment section too! I had thought about that as well, but I was working on the form at 3:00 AM and it slipped my mind when doing the PHP script. I'll go and add it in now ^_^

Lockescythe, I'll definitely be adding more into the bargain section so don't you worry. If you want something specific feel free to use my direct request page. I can definitely find old Xbox games and such :)

JeffX, so you want me to go ahead and preorder Castle of Shikigami III for you? I'll go and do that for you today =) Chaos Wars comes out in 11 days now, and it looks like CS3 comes out the same day. Good timing!
 
mrelusive, I PM'd you about your shipping address :) sorry, I meant to write you back yesterday. You'll have your items soon I promise ^_^
 
Hey guys :) I just did a lot of shopping around today and was wondering if any of you guys were looking for the following games:

Etrian Odyssey (DS)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS)
Final Fantasy Crisis Core (PSP)
Baroque (Wii)
Okami (Wii)
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
Uncharted (PS3)
God of War (PSP)

Let me know ^_^ Also, I have Grand Theft Auto IV's in stock now for the Xbox 360 again. I'll be listing them on the site tonight, but they sell out fast :)

Sincerely,
JJ Parks ^_^
 
Just wondering, when you do a direct request, is that like saying you will definitely buy the item? Great site by the way. :applause:
 
goomba, the galleria was sold out =(...

so i think i'll need a certain item from you that i PM'ed you about... anyway clear up some room in your inbox and send me a PM if you can get one for me.
 
how much for mario and sonic?

its drop to about 33$ after tax here. Looking for a cheap copy to take advantage of a trade in deal at EB. Trade in M&S+10$ for Mario Kart Wii.
 
If you recently tried to PM me and were told that my mailbox was full, I apologize. 150 messages is SO limiting...I hope CAG 2.0 addresses that. In the future you guys can message me on my Email at:

[email protected]

I carry around my iPhone which tells me when I get new messages and I always respond to all mail :) THANKS!

=JJ=
 
Gombay, direct request doesn't mean you HAVE to buy the item from me. It's more of a "request a price quote" sort of thing :) I'll contact you and let you know what the final price is, and if you agree to it then I'll go ahead and order it for you and you can send me the payment. Under no circumstances would I force you to buy something ^_^ That's totally not my style. Thanks for asking!
 
Goomba, I've sent you a PM, but maybe your box was full (I didn't get an error though)? You didn't bid on the item I pre-paid you for a couple days ago, and it finished unsold. Please refund my money or something...
 
Ragnar I did respond to your PM, but I'm not sure what happened. I actually did put a bid on eBay but I'm not sure why the sale didn't go through. I'll definitely go and refund your money right now. I'm really sorry about that. So far all of my other eBay orders have gone through without a hitch. I really do apologize Ragnar :( There's another seller selling the same item you want and the shipping is less. It's not a BIN but I'll watch it for you if you like.
 
Oh not a problem :) Sorry for the misunderstanding. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my message though! Good luck with your trade in for Mario Kart. It's a fantastic game and I traded in two of my old games to get a copy. Well worth it ;)
 
Hey Goomba,

A quick suggestion:

I was browsing the US deal section and I always see those "Penny Guide" threads. I don't know if you come across those where you live, but that would be a profitable pot to dip into. Not too risky too, since its only 0.01 each.

Not sure about other people, but I'm interested. If you can keep an eye out, I'll pay you as usual for your troubles.
They charge $20+ per guide here.

Talk to you soon.
 
[quote name='goomba478']Ragnar I did respond to your PM, but I'm not sure what happened. I actually did put a bid on eBay but I'm not sure why the sale didn't go through. I'll definitely go and refund your money right now. I'm really sorry about that. So far all of my other eBay orders have gone through without a hitch. I really do apologize Ragnar :( There's another seller selling the same item you want and the shipping is less. It's not a BIN but I'll watch it for you if you like.[/quote]
Is there another? Nothing tripped any of my searches, can I get the item number?

Also I'm going to fillout another item request right now. Do feel free to manually place a minimum bid to start ;)
 
I haven't actually seen penny guides ANYWHERE but then again, I don't generally shop thrift stores (Salvation Army, Good Will, Pawn Shops, etc.). I'll definitely keep an eye out for you guys though if I see any game guides for really low prices :) Thanks I really appreciate it. Keep the suggestions coming!

Usuyami, I am not sure what happened with Ragnar's auction. It could be that the seller ended it since it was only starting at 99 cents (the fact that the seller hasn't responded to my questions makes me wonder even more so), but I'm not sure. All the auctions I've put through for you have gone through without a hitch, so it's a bit odd. In any case I can never guarantee I'll win an auction, but I'll always try.

For anyone that does want me to bid for an item on eBay, I use Auctionsniper.com which puts the bid in 8 seconds before the auction ends. Keep in mind also that you have to tell me the MAXIMUM you are willing to pay, because that's the number I have to punch into the website. If you just ask me to put the minimum bids 9 out of 10 times you're not going to win :) Thanks!
 
Thanks for the thumbnails and artwork lawlflip! You really went out of your way and I totally appreciate it. Feel free to use that coupon code I gave you to purchase a gift certificate now on the site (it's working now). Keep in mind that you have to buy the gift certificate in USD since that's what I gave you :) Then it will be added to your account. Thanks again!

Notice that I updated the top banner image now ^_^
 
Update 5/6/2008:

I've added a field for "Price" now on the Direct Request form. This was obviously missing in the past and I had been working on getting it implemented, and now it is.

Please note that this field is also used for eBay auctions you want me to bid on. Please put the MAXIMUM value that you are willing to bid on and I will put this number into my sniping program. If you win, great ^_^ if not then there's no obligation to you so feel free. Keep in mind that if you do win though I will expect you to pay for it as I'm using my money to buy it for you :) thanks!

Also, I've added an additional comments field so you can point out any special things I need to know (shirt sizes, colors of items, etc.) that you want to specify. Go wild people. Thanks!
 
No problem, the banner looks great with what you added! I've said this before, but if you need any more graphics done feel free to ask.

One question; When I order something, I have to order the gift certificate before the game, then use the certificate with the game, correct? Sorry for all the trouble >_>
 
lawflip, your order is some what of an experiment I will admit, but it SHOULD work like this:

1) Go to the site and sign up for an account (if you didn't already, I think you already did).
2) On the left sidebar see where it says GIFT CERTIFICATES? Click that
3) Make sure the item prices are listed in US Dollars.
4) Add a $5 Gift Certificate to your shopping cart
5) Check out and use the $5 Coupon code I gave you. This will allow you to get the $5 Gift Certificate free basically.
6) There should be free shipping for all gift certificates and then you can checkout. The Gift Certificate will be added to your account and will be stored as store credit. Next time you go to buy something it will subtract the total of gift certificates you have available :)

Yes, if you want to buy the game then you can do so and it should subtract the $5 from your order :) Good luck!

Sincerely,
JJ Parks ^_^
 
[quote name='goomba478']lawflip, your order is some what of an experiment I will admit, but it SHOULD work like this:

1) Go to the site and sign up for an account (if you didn't already, I think you already did).
2) On the left sidebar see where it says GIFT CERTIFICATES? Click that
3) Make sure the item prices are listed in US Dollars.
4) Add a $5 Gift Certificate to your shopping cart
5) Check out and use the $5 Coupon code I gave you. This will allow you to get the $5 Gift Certificate free basically.
6) There should be free shipping for all gift certificates and then you can checkout. The Gift Certificate will be added to your account and will be stored as store credit. Next time you go to buy something it will subtract the total of gift certificates you have available :)

Yes, if you want to buy the game then you can do so and it should subtract the $5 from your order :) Good luck!

Sincerely,
JJ Parks ^_^[/quote]
I'm fine with getting this experiment to work :), currently the certificate doesn't have free shipping yet though, says "Total: $3.98". I clicked "confirm", and then when I put Nocturne into my shopping cart, the $5 wasn't taken off.

I hope I'm not troubling you.
 
Lawlflip, you're right and I'm sorry. You're not troubling me at all :) Like I said, you're order was somewhat of an experiment. It seems that my system is still treating the gift certificate like an actual item instead of a gift certificate, and it seems that it's charging you for shipping still which I told it not to. I'll fix it though for you, don't worry :) I'm going to send you an Email to your personal account now.
 
Update: 5/6/2008

I figured out what I was doing wrong with Gift Certicates. I was listing them as physical products, when in fact they are of course virtual. That's why they were charging shipping before. Lawflip, I've gone ahead and Emailed you a $5.00 certificate. You can activate it directly by clicking the link in the Email (or if that doesn't work you can use the code that is given as well). Should work without any problem now. Sorry about that ^_^ Thanks for helping me work out all the buggy-ness. Rather get it worked out now before we start advertising and stuff. Thanks!

Sincerely,
JJ Parks :)
 
Update 5/7/2008:

I've gone ahead and got a copy of Quickbooks so now my orders will be run a lot more professionally. The first time you order from me I will add you to my program and in the future when you order from me you will receive invoices via Email along with a PDF copy of you order, all transactions and costs listed neatly and clearly for you to see.

Please make sure you add:
[email protected]

to your Email program so that these invoices are not sent directly to your junk mail :)

Let me know if there's anything else you would like me to improve upon. In the meantime, I've been getting a LOT of direct-request orders and I really appreciate it guys. Keep them coming :) So far so good!

=JJ Parks=
 
Recieved my Black Nyko Wireless Kama Nunchuck today. It got shipped out on May 1st and it arrived today, May 7th.

Great shipping turnaround! With all the feedback left here, it's safe to say goomba's doing a damn good job with this thing, and I can't wait to place another order!


Keep up the good work!

(BTW, the wireless nunchuck works great, if anyone wants some impressions I can post some if you'd like)
 
Rex, I'm so happy that you got it so quickly. I'm thinking this will help not only my wallet but also my CAG iTrader score ^_^ It's going to go through the roof hehe. Thanks so much!

I have one of the black Nyko wireless nunchuks if anyone is interested. Same one that Rex bought :) Let me know. They're extremely limited edition in black (only 300 made). Get them while you can!
 
[quote name='Rex']Recieved my Black Nyko Wireless Kama Nunchuck today. It got shipped out on May 1st and it arrived today, May 7th.

Great shipping turnaround! With all the feedback left here, it's safe to say goomba's doing a damn good job with this thing, and I can't wait to place another order!


Keep up the good work!

(BTW, the wireless nunchuck works great, if anyone wants some impressions I can post some if you'd like)[/quote]


impressions please
oh and how much did u pay?
 
Here is Rex's impression on the Wireless Nunchuk that he sent to me. Hopefully he won't mind me reprinting it:

"Seems to work really well. I've only tried it with Mario Kart so far, but it feels just like a regular Nintendo Nunchuk. Only slight difference is that the C and Z buttons don't click when you press them (they might be a bit mushy) and that the analog stick feels a little lighter due to the kind of material it's made from.

All in all, it's pretty solid, and looks pretty cool with it's blue light!"

The price was as follows:

$34.99 (Actual cost of Product)
$6.99 (Cost of Ground Shipping to me)
$4.00 (Actual shipping to mail to Canada)
$2.00 (Service Charge)
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$47.98 (Grand Total) if paying with funds in your Paypal account to my Personal account
 
Thanks Jest :) and with that I'm going to call it a day ^_^ Lots of game hunting and ordering to do tomorrow and I have to get at least 7 hours of sleep if I'm going to make it through. Thanks again for everyone supporting this project of mine :) It truly is a success!
 
Hey guys,

Goomba already posted some of the impressions I sent him, mainly being the softness of the C and Z buttons, and the analog stick build.

The weight of the Kama is identical to the regular Nunchuk without batteries, with batteries it adds the weight of 2 AAAs, which isn't much, but the controller feels like it's resting in your hand due to the added weight.

So far I've had not feedback problems playing Mario Kart, but I've yet to try the accelerometer inside of it, but I'm sure that it will work perfectly fine as well.

The dongle for the receiver first snuggly into remote, and I should add that it also fits into the Nyko Perfect Shot as well!

Overall, really solid product, and probably the only Wireless Nunchuk we'll be getting.

If you guys want to know more, or see some pics/compraison, just let me know!
 
Thanks for being so helpful Rex with the review portion :) If I start to sell these full time on the site I may ask you to copy/paste your review there ^_^ I am far from having regular inventory at this point, but it may be useful in the future since my site supports item reviews.

I forgot all about the Nyko Perfect Shot. That's cool that they match up so well (they should after all, but you know how some companies are these days). Thanks again!
 
I noticed this on your shopping cart page...

Your Shopping Cart Contents

You may want to add some instructions for using the shopping cart here. (defined in includes/languages/english/shopping_cart.php)
 
Oops thanks Magiic :) I thought I already updated that but sure enough the text is in three seperate areas in the php files. Thanks! I'll definitely correct that ^_^
 
Update: 5/8/2008 - I fixed the default text in the Shopping Cart thanks to Magiic finding that mistake. I thought I had got them all but apparently I missed one ;)

I added text explaining that the shipping is entirely based on the weight of the items which should be enough. If you guys find any other problems or mistakes on any of the pages, please let me know. I'm only human ^_^ Thanks guys! Off to the casino I go. I'll be checking this page, my PMs and Emails from my iPhone at work. Thanks again for all your support!
 
I don't know if this was an error or not but it quoted me just under $8 for shipping on two ps2 games. That seems kind of high even factoring in packing material
 
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