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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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It's all good Spike. I get that a lot lately ^_^;;; I just go through the invoice because it keeps things broken down and if you do decide to order, then it's all set to go and I have it ready for my tax software (since I have to pay taxes on all my earnings). I'll go ahead and clear out your invoice. Maybe we can do business sometime in the near future :) Cya soon.
 
Hey Goomba,

Got two questions for you.

1. How are the games you got from the $10 BB deal going to be announced? All at once or one at a time?

2. You might have missed this in all the new job/BB deal comotion, but I was wondering the status on Oblvion (PS3). Sorry if this comes off as angry or anything of the sort, I know you are busy. Just curious. :)
 
[quote name='goomba478']Fuzzy, I appreciate your fast payment but I had to refund you. You sent the payment to my business account but with the payment amount for my personal. Not sure if you realize that. Please read the instructions with the invoice. I can explain it if you don't understand ^_^ Thanks![/quote]
Sorry about that, I blame it on being tired. Fixed now.
 
Hey Goomba is there any decent deals on XBL 12 month cards right now? My friend is looking for one as his live just ran out and it seems they are going for 50+ CAD on ebay right now.
 
dancrane212, they will all be announced at once (the $10 Best Buy games that is). I am working one more day and then I get my first day off in a week. Remember, I will be posting when they are live (probably Saturday when my lowball sale ends). Thanks!

Oh and Oblivion just came in. I should have it out in the next day or so :)

killmak, I haven't seen any good deals in a while. I'll let you know of course if anything pops up. I wish more of you would have bought them from me when they were $29.99 everywhere. I sold around 60 or so but after the sale ended I got about 200 inquiries. Oh well :(
 
[quote name='goomba478']
killmak, I haven't seen any good deals in a while. I'll let you know of course if anything pops up. I wish more of you would have bought them from me when they were $29.99 everywhere. I sold around 60 or so but after the sale ended I got about 200 inquiries. Oh well :([/quote]

Okay, thanks. :)
 
[quote name='goomba478']dancrane212, they will all be announced at once (the $10 Best Buy games that is). I am working one more day and then I get my first day off in a week. Remember, I will be posting when they are live (probably Saturday when my lowball sale ends). Thanks!([/quote]

Bummer, I'm gone all weekend. Maybe I'll be able to bum a laptop off a friend, then go on a quest to find some internet. ;)

[quote name='goomba478']Oh and Oblivion just came in. I should have it out in the next day or so ([/quote]

Awesome, thanks for the update. I appreciate it. Also I was looking over the address I sent you to make sure nothing was incorrect, I don’t want to tell my brother I got it shipped to the wrong Enfield, and I noticed that I forgot my postal code. I'm not sure if you found it or anything but I’ll send a PM your way with the code on it. Just in case :)
 
hey goomba, thanks for the prices, but I found a great (and I mean great) deal on Marvel: UA today at EB, but don't you worry, there's still plenty of games to buy on my list :D
 
Good news everyone, I survived my first day in the new poker room! I am working on getting the $10 Best Buy items up in the next day or so. Be sure to watch the twitter account!

http://www.twitter.com/gamesforcanada.com

PS: I will be starting to purge old Direct Requests that never were followed up on. If I sent you an invoice and you didn't pay it within a week or more, I will clear it from my list. I will be doing ALL requests first come first serve to be fair, and make things move along quickly. This new job of mine means I am day shift and I'll have a lot more time to devote to my personal projects and side business ^_^ This is GREAT news for you guys ;) Thanks again for everything!
 
dmonking, funny you should ask. I just got them in. They'll be shipping out tomorrow :) I know how it is without music...it's enough to drive anyone mad! Thanks again ^_^
 
Not sure if any of you care, but GoGamer has Little Big Planet for $27.89 USD shipped to the US. I could get you one for $33.00 USD shipped to Canada. Let me know :) Not sure if there's still demand for that one ^_^
 
ichit4k4, unfortunately no. Someone stole my credit card numbers (see my CAG blog for more info) so I wasn't able to order anything :( They stole about $900 USD from me. I'm trying on working to get it back now. It's a real pain ...

dancrane212, so glad you got it! Thanks again :) Hope to do business with you again soon ^_^
 
Hey Goomba, mainly because I forgot if you sent it last week or the week before, when did my package get shipped out? I can't remember whether to expect it this week or next week.

Also, just because it doesn't hurt to ask (I can't keep up with all the subtle American deals... normally miss a few good ones)... You know if you can get a good deal on any of the following? [Yes, I know games like Wolverine/Killzone/etc would be impossible to get that cheap, but I just copied/pasted it from my list].

I'm looking at

GC:
Baiten Kaitos Origins (~$10)


PS3:
Army of Two (~$10)
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift (~$25)
Mirror's Edge (~$20)
Resistance 2
(~$25)
Skate 2 (~$25)
James Bond: Quantum of Solace (~$20)
Saints Row 2 (~$20)
+ Any sub-$15 game that is decent (IE: No Shovelware)

Killzone 2 (~$37)
Resident Evil 5 (~$37)
Street Fighter IV (~$30)
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (~$30)
X-Men: Wolverine (~$30)
Infamous (Not out yet)

(~$xx) denotes I will take it for $5 over what I'm looking for.



PS2:
Ratchet & Clank (~$10)
Silent Hill 4 (~$10)

Kind of a vague list in terms of no specifics, but I thought I'd ask. I'm looking around $15 max (prefably under $10) for the last generation games, and a maximum of $30 for PS3 games listed.
 
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RoganSarine, you should have the games next week. There was a little bit of a delay because you broke my rule #1 and sent me CAD (which I had to convert and change with my bank and all that fun stuff). I can probably get you some decent deals on many of those games, but I don't have any set prices as most I don't have in stock

I typically don't do deal shopping around as much because I get way too many requests and many don't follow up on the deals. I'll get back to you though if I find any of those at good prices :) Do you mind if they are used?
 
I don't care if they're used or even gutted... as long as everything is with them.

Yeah sorry, I kind of realized after-the-fact, that is, after I made the request to transfer funds that it was in CAD. I then didn't see any writing about it, so sorry about that. Hope it wasn't too much of a hassle :p I don't mind waiting at all... I got a huge backlog anyway. I'll know for next time now!

I figured I'd ask. I'd added roughly the price I'm looking for (give or take 5 bucks). I got $25 USD ready to go in my paypal, and I will pay whatever you get for me (albeit, it may take to my next pay cheque).

There's no hurry to get any, just if you happen to see any.



Just as a suggestion, but could you make a list of frequent stores that are around you? If I remember correctly, there are a couple like sears or zellers (can't remember what) that arn't around you... and Fred Meyers apparently has a deal on Saints Row 2.
 
It's all good RoganSarine, you did send the right amount as far as the currency rate goes, it just added an extra step and I lost some money in the process of transferring them. So in the future please just send USD ^_^ It'll make everyone's life easier.

Here's a list of local stores around me. Keep in mind B&M stores are very YMMV around here. I do 99% of my shopping online for a reason :)

Best Buy
Gamestop / EB Games (Quite a few)
Wal-Mart
Target
Sears (very few games)
BJ's
Costco (online orders mostly as it's about an hour away)
Blockbuster Video (Franchise owned though, doesn't do corporate sales or deals)
FYE (about three of them near me)

That's the major ones around here. Thanks!
 
Oh by the way RoganSarine, I wasn't able to get you the Valkyria Chronicles unfortunately. I can get you a brand new copy for $7 more if you're interested, or I can refund you the amount paid for that one. Sorry about that.
 
Thanks Rogan :) What happened was when I first bought them all I sold them all on my website (www.gamesforcanada.com) and at the time you hadn't paid so I thought you weren't interested in the items. Thanks for your payment though. I'll send you the brand new copy ^_^ It's a great game and you'll love it to bits.

=JJ=
 
[quote name='goomba478']Thanks Rogan :) What happened was when I first bought them all I sold them all on my website (www.gamesforcanada.com) and at the time you hadn't paid so I thought you weren't interested in the items. Thanks for your payment though. I'll send you the brand new copy ^_^ It's a great game and you'll love it to bits.

=JJ=[/quote]
;) Eh, no problem. That money was kind of just sitting in my paypal from someone who sent me money anyway... So it's not REALLY out of my pocket directly.

:p For future reference, generally anything I ask for I will buy. If for whatever reason I am hospitalized, I lose my job, I go bankrupt, I become a heroine addict, and everything in the world goes wrong possible that makes me have ABSOLUTELY no way I can pay basically because I'm on the verge of death, I will tell you if I can access a computer.

For the most part though, I will pay as soon as I can (last order was held up due to the paypal debit registration I never did before) as long as it's saving me a couple bucks.

I'm actually grateful someone on the internet trusted me for once and kept my items that long (and got them before I even paid). Most people don't and I will lose the deal if it's a spur of the moment paypal thing where I have to wait for paypal to do anything.
 
Rogan, it's all good. I know you better now. But before you had just requested a random list of games and said you "might" be interested in them so I wasn't sure. Now I know you wanted them so we're good :) I was cheated a lot in the past where I'd buy items for people and they'd never pay me and it'd be too late to return them, so I had to change my policies up a bit.

I won't always buy items ahead of time, trust me it's a rarity, it's just that the Games Day sale was a really, really limited window of time and I didn't want you to miss out :) You'll be very happy once you get all your games ^_^

Thanks again!
 
Yeah, I was still impressed though someone did it for me... Most people are very untrusting on the internet, I understand why... but sometimes it sucks.

You definitely made me a returning customer for it :p (Which is good since our dollar is finally rising to a nice standard... Once it gets to 88 cents it'll be great since it'll be like I'm taxed on everything from the states only... 94 cents would be ideal minimum) On a side note, when did you do the conversion? If you did it kind of within the last week (since I sent the payment the price rose 6 cents) the money I sent actually rose 6-7 bucks :p
 
Yup, it's now become much cheaper to order the new Atlus games (I still haven't preordered Devil Summoner) from amazon.com -> goomba than amazon.ca
 
Firestorm, that's fantastic! I noticed that too the other day when I did a transfer from CAD to USD :) Looks like the magical ratio of 1:1 may be coming back in due time.

It's great for you guys, and definitely good for me too. Now that I have more free time thanks to my new job, I'm really looking forward to a busy summer with GFC orders ^_^ Thanks for all you guys do for me and for spreading the word about my services. I have to get some business cards printed up because lately I get a lot of "I heard about your service from a friend" remarks :) Puts a smile on my face every time. Thanks!!!!
 
ragnar14, Do you want me to bid $14.00 as the actual bid (which doesn't include the $4.00 shipping that the seller charges) or did you want me to bid $10.00 which with the $4.00 is $14.00 total. Please specify :) I will send you an invoice once you let me know. Thanks buddy.
 
[quote name='goomba478']Fanboy and CrushEm yes I got your messages. Will get back to you tonight after I get home from work ;) Thanks![/QUOTE]

Hey Goomba,

I didn't get the message on Saturday night. Can you resend, please? Thanks!

Also, did you get the updated message I sent? I found a discount code after all.
 
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