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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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** UPDATE **

Alright guys, I'm going to bed now but I wanted to let you know that I take ALL of your advice and insight to heart about my GFC website. I've been horribly busy this year (right from the start of January till now) with work and all, but I squeeze in whatever time I can doing updates behind the scenes.

All of my hard work will pay off one day and right now is the time you will start seeing actual updates on the site (I swear). So far all the coding I've been doing is to maintain databases and boring things like that (though very important) whereas now I'm getting to the good stuff. Please check out the website and let me know if you see anything behaving oddly. Keep in mind the Rewards system and several things (Games Inventory, etc.) are not yet live. They will be soon though!

http://www.gamesforcanada.com
 
I'm up again. Things are looking good. Got the "Games Inventory" page working pretty well. The side buttons (for direct request, direct buy, bidding, etc.) are not live yet but the main listings are. Good to see which games are in stock. Allows you to sort by Game Title, System, Condition, etc. Go check it out (still BETA):

http://www.gamesforcanada.com/games.php
 
just a minor request, you should either not display OUT OF STOCK items or allow us to filter them out... no? Because I don't really see the point.
 
jeffx, this will be an option in the future (I just started writing it ^_^;;) but the reason I have this option is that you can still click the out of stock game and see other places to buy it (it will show you Amazon.ca, Amazon.com and eBay prices). This is really useful for game shopping as well even for in-stock games as my prices aren't always the lowest. I want you guys to get the best deals, and if you buy through my affiliate links you help me as well. Again, Win/Win business is my goal!
 
jeffx, for now I have changed the "Out of Stock" to "Click to See" which perhaps is a bit better. I will still offer the option to weed these out in the future but it will take me a little time ^_^

Also, many of these listings are old listings I realize so the pricing of many games is a bit out of date (hence the reason for my affiliate links which are always up to date). I will be more quick to update game prices in my store once I iron out all the wrinkles of the behind-the-scenes stuff. Thanks!
 
Sorry Xeph820 ^_^ I have retroactively fixed it. That's what I get for staying up until 3AM =P Thanks for pointing out my error though. Sorry about that!
 
The site is looking a little funny on webkit-based browsers. I'd recommend downloading Google Chrome or Safari to take a look and make sure each page layout is working with them.
 
Good to know WillGabriel. Thanks for letting me know. The thing is, while it's in Beta the site format is likely to have some issues. Can you tell me specifically what things are weird?

I think some of the issues have to do with the site having a certain width size. In some areas it's fixed pixel and others it's relative. Eventually when I get the template worked out then it will be uniform :) I'll get there! It'd be nice if I didn't work 60-70 hours a week lol.
 
On a side note Goomba, if you go on Friday to one of the DSi pre-release locations I will be home, and if possible (I don't know if you have a cellphone/free international texting like I do) you could always text me a quote since I can answer my cell.
 
[quote name='goomba478']WillGabriel, Safari looked good to me. Can you tell me a specific page that's not looking right?[/QUOTE]

Yessir. Most item detail pages are working fine in Chrome, but the Xbox Live 13 month card isn't aligning properly. Must have something to do with the item picture size. Since Safari uses the same engine, it should look the same to you.

EDIT - Just skimmed through the rest of the product pages and these ones also look funny: Arcana Heart, Katamari Damacy, Odin Sphere, Okami (Wii), GTA IV (360), Sonic and the Secret Rings, Baroque (Wii and PS2), Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Veiwtiful Joe, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Ikaruga.
 
Killmak, I would assume about 1-2 pounds so around $12 USD Shipping or so to Canada. If you want to put a bid, let me know how much you want your max bid to be. Thanks!
 
Oooohhh WillGabriel, you're talking about the online store? That's something entirely different than the core GFC site :) The online store is a seperate site altogether run on the ZenCart web system and yes, you are correct, the images are just a little too big for some of those items (I can easily go and fix those). The web updates I'm doing though are for the core site. Main Page, Rewards Page, Games Inventory Page, Direct Request Form, etc. I'll work on the store later :) That's the easy part. Thanks!
 
Hey Goomba. I wired the fund to your paypal account. Hopefully the transaction went smoothly and I'll be getting SF IV PS3 CE soon. Thanks for all your help, my friend ^_^
 
NolbertoS, thanks for the payment. I will be sending it out first thing Monday (post office closed on the weekends here). I appreciate it :)
 
[quote name='goomba478']Killmak, I would assume about 1-2 pounds so around $12 USD Shipping or so to Canada. If you want to put a bid, let me know how much you want your max bid to be. Thanks![/quote]

Arg the wife drives me crazy. One minute she really badly wants something so I look into the cheapest way of getting it for her and the next minute she turns around and says she doest really need it.

Anyways thanks for looking into it for me.
 
[quote name='kleptodathief']goomba...So u can ship car parts as well?[/quote]

Goomba ships almost everything I believe. As long as you pay the shipping cost plus his very small fee :)

Are you a ebayer like me that hates the $50USD increase to ship car parts to Canada :p
 
Hi Goomba, I'm interested in Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga ($25.98) from amazon.com

Please send me an invoice with final price so we can close this deal asap.
 
Hey guys, I'm going to the Gamestop now to pick up my DSi and hopefully get some of your games for the Gamers Day Sale. I have no idea what they'll have in stock, but I'll try to get as many of your requests as possible. No promises or guarantees as unfortunately I got out of work really late (5AM) so it's not like I could go to the midnight openings unfortunately :(
 
ichit4k4_set0, just so you know the game (Digital Devil Saga) is $26 but the seller charges $8 for shipping. So it's essentially:

$26.00 - Game price
$08.00 - Shipping to USA from seller
$03.00 - Shipping to Canada
$02.00 - My Service Charge
-------------------------------
$39.00 USD - Grand Total

If you are interested still let me know. Thanks!
 
I bought 5 copies of Valkyria Chronicles for you guys but they were not sealed in plastic. First come first served. I will put them on my site tomorrow :)
 
[quote name='goomba478']I bought 5 copies of Valkyria Chronicles for you guys but they were not sealed in plastic. First come first served. I will put them on my site tomorrow :)[/quote]

hey, I put a request in your site for one, do I still have to be there when you put them up to get a copy or no? What time roughly would you say you're going to put them up?
 
[quote name='goomba478']I bought 5 copies of Valkyria Chronicles for you guys but they were not sealed in plastic. First come first served. I will put them on my site tomorrow :)[/quote]

Hey Goomba, I'm interested in one of the copies as well. I've filled out a request on your site.

Thanks a bunch. :D
 
Just wait till tomorrow guys :) I have to go to work now (after only an hour at home today). So I will be off tomorrow night and will work with you guys.
 
spike32, if you put a direct request for a Valkyria Chronicles, yes you will have first dibs ^_^ I will wait to hear from you guys first as I will send you direct invoices. All other copies will be first come first-served. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']spike32, if you put a direct request for a Valkyria Chronicles, yes you will have first dibs ^_^ I will wait to hear from you guys first as I will send you direct invoices. All other copies will be first come first-served. Thanks![/quote]

Thank you very much for the quick response. I will be on most likely all day tomorrow so I'll either drop you a line here or you can message me on here or my email address or whatever.

Thanks again :D
 
Thanks Goomba...I think I'll pass than on the gutted copies..I'm picky on game boxes and whether they're factory sealed or not..thanks though
 
Okay I'm back from work now guys and going to sleep for the day. Tomorrow I will respond to all members who put in Direct Requests, and the rest of the games/copies I have left over will go for sale on my site directly. Thanks guys!
 
goomba, try ordering VC online instead? There's the coupon for $5 off each copy (5OFF60) if you buy over $60 worth and the free shipping code (SAVER).
 
Firestorm, I already ordered two copies of the game (without any discount! DOH!) and they limit it to only two per household :( bummer. But thanks for the info!
 
pmp1986, glad you got your Little Sister figurine! Now I have to sell the other 9 of them and I'll be in good shape lol.

blackric, I can help you get one of those, but the problem is (and let me repeat this because it comes up a lot) for items like large joysticks/game controllers that weigh 6-7 pounds, you will be paying nearly $30 USD for shipping to Canada. So, if it's worth it to you then I can definitely get you one. If not, then not much I can do as the controllers are quite heavy. Thanks for your interest!
 
I may still be interested, the joystick is fairly smaller than the regular ones so hopefully the shipping won't be that bad. The final price would be the determining factor since its something i ike rather than want.

[quote name='goomba478']pmp1986, glad you got your Little Sister figurine! Now I have to sell the other 9 of them and I'll be in good shape lol.

blackric, I can help you get one of those, but the problem is (and let me repeat this because it comes up a lot) for items like large joysticks/game controllers that weigh 6-7 pounds, you will be paying nearly $30 USD for shipping to Canada. So, if it's worth it to you then I can definitely get you one. If not, then not much I can do as the controllers are quite heavy. Thanks for your interest![/quote]
 
Actually blackric, I've shipped 4 of the exact joystick you are talking about, so I know from experience. It weighs about 6.5 pounds. Shipping is $28 USD for Priority Mail (which is faster than First Class). Anything over 4 pounds is required to be shipped Priority though. It is slightly smaller than the CE / TE editions, but still heavy. The TE ones are nearly 8 pounds.
 
I don't mean to rush you, but you didn't email me about Valkyria Chronicles or anything did you? Just wanna make sure I didn't miss it or anything. Sorry for bugging you about it, I'm just really curious, lol.

Thanks.

EDIT: Just got the email.
 
LOL that's funny that you wrote that right as I was sending it. I was out all day doing errands and things so I just got around to sitting down and sending invoices.

BTW Spike, can you send me your real name? I'm all about the Cowboy Bebop (my favorite actually!!) but I need your real name for my records. ^_^ THANKS!

All others (who requested Valkyria Chronicles), I'm sending your invoices now. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']LOL that's funny that you wrote that right as I was sending it. I was out all day doing errands and things so I just got around to sitting down and sending invoices.

BTW Spike, can you send me your real name? I'm all about the Cowboy Bebop (my favorite actually!!) but I need your real name for my records. ^_^ THANKS!

All others (who requested Valkyria Chronicles), I'm sending your invoices now. Thanks![/quote]

haha, classic! Yea, i was about to say, my names not spike32 as you could tell xD My name is Donald Tonello. Sorry, but where do I send the paypal payment to? And no problem bout doing the errands, you're the one doing me a favor :)

Thanks again.
 
Here are the payment instructions in case you missed them in the Email (or if you deleted the Email):

Here's your invoice for your Valkyria Chronicles. Please send payment of $37.00 USD with non-Credit/Debit card funds to [email protected] on Paypal. This account is a personal account that cannot accept credit cards, so if you send a payment with a Credit/Debit Card to this account it will be denied and I will have to resend you another payment request.

If you are paying with a Credit/Debit card please pay $39.50 USD (includes 6% credit card processing fee from Paypal) and send to: [email protected] instead.

Either payment method is fine, but it's important that you send the money to the proper address depending on which payment method you are using. I will order your items as soon as payment is received will leave you positive feedback on CAG's iTrader system and will send your items out as soon as I get them to your address on the invoice. Thanks again for using my services!

Sincerely,
JJ Parks :)
GamesForCanada.com

PS: These are available on a first come-first served basis. If you don't want an opened copy (it is brand new but not sealed in plastic) then that's alright. I will have two brand new copies up for grabs next week but again they will go fast. Thanks!
 
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