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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PuppetYuber, yes absolutely. I'm actually trying to get rid of my back stock for a number of reasons (the biggest is they are costing me money just to sit on my shelves and as you know I really need it right now) but also because I want to move away from eBay more and more and focus on GamesForCanada.com full time.

By selling off my back stock I will have more money to invest in GFC and will not have to worry about bleeding money from past purchases. I'm selling the Xbox 360/PS3 games first because they are mostly newer titles that still have their full values in tact. Once most of the newer titles are sold I will be listing a ton of PS2/Gamecube/DS/PSP/etc. Keep an eye out! I plan to do 20-30 games a week until they are all sold. I'm hoping to recover my losses and have a fresh start for 2009 :)
 
Another HBO Box Set Deal from Amazon.com if you guys are interested. Please respond faster this time ^_^ Last time everyone wrote to me saying they were interested the sale was long gone. This sale is only good for today 1/23/2009. Please let me know before 4PM EST. Thanks!

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Please note this is a LARGE set (19 discs) so it'll likely be a few pounds to ship. Thanks!
 
Nah, not this time...The offer is much appreciated though, Goomba...Gotta deal with Canadianizing the American girlfriend and all the fees that that incurs. :D Really appreciated though! :D
 
Oh wow, good luck with that! I learned many years ago to stay far, far away from American girls haha but there are some good ones out there =) Best of luck and keep in touch.
 
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New Deal Today: Far Cry 2 (PS3) - BRAND NEW - $37.00 USD shipped to Canada including all fees. I will add a store link for those interested. GFC members can take off 6%, you know the drill by now hopefully :)
 
[quote name='goomba478']Oh wow, good luck with that! I learned many years ago to stay far, far away from American girls haha but there are some good ones out there =) Best of luck and keep in touch.[/quote]

Wished I learned that lesson...lol. Nah, she's a great woman, for an anti-gamer. :| lol. Thanks for your services though, I am gonna have to make use of them someday. :D
 
Okay guys I'm going to take a nap now (I have to work 9PM - 6AM at the casino tonight). Thanks for all your kind words, your orders and insight. I will keep you posted. Keep in touch (I will read this page via my iPhone at work today on my breaks). Thanks!
 
Just to make sure -- there aren't any amazon.com coupons like the 10$ off we have, are there?

amazon.ca ran out of the Hori Wii Joystick as I was about to place an order. Looks like I will have to resort to amazon.com for this one.
 
Jeffx, No it's VERY rare for the US Amazon.com to have coupons like the one you guys have/had. I can definitely get you a Wii Hori Joystick though no problem. Let me know if you want me to send you an invoice for one =) Thanks!
 
"Games for Japanada?" - 1/25/2009

**Just out of curiousity guys, is there anything you would order from Japan if you could? I'm looking into a few things at the moment and may just be able to get some things from the land of the rising sun. I'm in the process of potentially hooking up with a sales partner over there, and am planning to fly over myself within the next year or two. Obviously we'd have to figure in currency conversion and shipping from Japan to Canada or whatever, but let me know. If this goes over well then I may be adding a new feature on my site. Thanks! Try to think about items that are relatively light/cheap to ship. **
 
YES. Off the top of my head I want the 2 NIS Digital Media Discs I'm missing, they're available in their online store. I need:

魔界戦記ディスガイア2 デジタル原画集 (The bottom listing on the page)
https://ssl.nippon1.co.jp/shop/information/goods.php?game=9

マール王国の人形姫 ゴールデンスペッシャル デジタル原画集 (the first listing on the page)
https://ssl.nippon1.co.jp/shop/information/goods.php?game=1

They're 3990 yen each. With exchange and some shipping they'd be about $50USD each?

You know if you can order from them Dan is going to go bankrupt, right :lol: They have Prinny plushies in multiple colors.
 
I will look into those for you :) I'm not sure how it will go with shipping, but I'm sure we can figure out something ^_^ I will contact my contact and see what they say. Thanks!

Haha Ragnar, you're so right about danthemightyone :) I am putting him towards bankruptcy just with Rosenqueen items alone.
 
Here's my best guess:

$60 = Box Set
$22 = Shipping to Canada
$02 = My service fee
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$84 USD TOTAL

Add 6% if paying by credit card. Let me know if you want one. The sale ends tonight and I'm leaving for work in 30 minutes. Thanks!
 
Hey Goomba,

Don't you have a Best Buy Premium Silver card?

Midnight Club: LA [PS3] for 9.99 looks awesome. Can you pick one up for me if you have access to the sale?
 
Unfortunately heimdal, I don't have my Best Buy Premium Silver....YET. I should be qualified by the first or second week of February (they don't credit your points until 30-40 days after you buy things to make sure you don't return them and get the points). So last year if you recall in late December (the 28th to be exact) I went and spent like $1000 or so at Best Buy to make sure I met the qualified spending limit.

If it's 30 days then I should have it by Feb. 1st, but I have a feeling they'll drag their feet a little since it's 2009 and they have to back track. I'm sure I'll get it though. Even if it means I'll be on the phone for an hour with customer service =p
 
Yeah I hope for your sakes too. The Reward System in Canada is laughable at best. You have to spend like $400 CAD to get a $5 reward certificate or something like that? What a rip off =P
 
[quote name='goomba478']Yeah I hope for your sakes too. The Reward System in Canada is laughable at best. You have to spend like $400 CAD to get a $5 reward certificate or something like that? What a rip off =P[/quote]

Not if you have the Best Buy Visa card..Then you just have to spend $200 at Best Buy to get $5 off...WooWoo!


Yes, that was sarcasm.


Yes, I have the credit card.


Yes, its stupid, but hey..Every little bit helps at some point. :D
 
Hi goomba,
I found this page on google and I would be interested in trying this, I was wondering if you could pick up bioshock(ps3) from bestbuy its 29.99 and with the $10 coupon from 2k games will allow you to pick it up for 19.99
 
janlanzer, yeah ... it is stupid and you're right, every bit does help. Still, they're almost shooting themselves in the foot really, because if their rewards were better people would go out of their way to shop there. Oh well, what can you do =P

Hey there nikmunjal, I definitely can try. My Best Buy usually runs out of stock fast and sometimes gives me a hard time with outside coupons/manufacturer's discounts, but I'll still give it a go anyhow. Can't hurt to try =)
 
I guess many of this forum members have received a letter from Atlus last week that had "???" as a subject and nothing but a picture of Raiho's shadow over the SMT logo (which probably means US release of Devil Summoner 2). Today I've seen this page that says the game will be released on May, 14th. So goomba, the very moment the game becomes available for pre-order please post here a notification (though I'm pretty sure I'll know about that before you do =P) , I would love to pre-order it at once.
 
Hey goomba, I noticed heimdal mentioned the deal on Midnight Club:LA, is it possible to purchase multiple copies? I've heard there was some problem at Best Buy for such actions.
 
Setite, I will send you an invoice as soon as I get the place to order from. Do you know of any places where they are already taking the preorders? I'm off to work now. Cya guys tomorrow. It's supposed to snow again here big time tonight.
 
dan, I ordered you the guide you requested (I actually successfully managed to do it all on my iPhone on my break at work...I was quite impressed). I'll add it to your list of items and should be able to ship it together without any problem. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']dan, I ordered you the guide you requested (I actually successfully managed to do it all on my iPhone on my break at work...I was quite impressed). I'll add it to your list of items and should be able to ship it together without any problem. Thanks![/quote]

great! hooray
 
Hey guys just thought I'd let you know. I'm trying my first ever dv8mad style lowball-auction here on the CAG forums. Bidding ends some time on Friday.

100% of all the money raised on these items is going to dv8mad. He's having a really hard time with money over in Japan right now and I wanted to help him as he's been a great help in getting things for me. Please view and bid if you see something you like (the Xbox Live 13 month card is only at $30 right now...hint, hint).


http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170651
 
Hi goomba,
its me again I was wondering if you had a chance to pick up bioshock since the sale ends friday, just to make shipping and such easier i filled out a form on your website my name is the same as here.
 
Bioshock is $30 this week but we're trying to use a $10 coupon (Manufacturer's 2K Coupon). I'm going to try today or tomorrow. My busy work schedule means I haven't had a chance to go there yet (it's about a half hour away from my house). I'll let you know by tomorrow =)
 
mberkes, any game from Amazon that is a normal game (meaning not a collector's edition with guides, cds, etc.) will almost always be +$5 (covers shipping and fees). Remember this as a good rule of thumb ^_^

So $22 shipped for Trauma Center 2 for the DS :) Thanks!
 
Goomba's Question of the Day: 1/29/2009

As I am nearing completion of the core structure of the revised GamesForCanada.com website, I was wondering:

What extra features would you like to see on the new site?

Please let me know. The sooner the better =) I will try to think about all ideas given to me and will figure out reasonable ways to do them if they make sense for the site. I don't want to try and do everything under the sun, but any core ideas you have, please let me know ^_^ Thanks!
 
You are very welcome LouisVouistondonn! We are doing our absolute best =) We have about 300 very happy customers at the moment and we're pushing to increase that number each and every day. Thanks again and I hope to do business with you soon ^_^
 
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