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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** GFC LOWBALL UPDATE **

Okay things are looking up. I fixed the bug that was driving me nuts. Now the lowball SHOULD work properly if you are logged into the GFC site (you have to be registered obviously and use the correct login/password combo). If for some reason you're having trouble logging in let me know and I can reset your password or fix whatever is going on wrong.

Here are some updates:

1) The site will still display items that have ended but will no longer accept bids for them (this is important of course). Having the database drive the bidding is the key here and it should work now.

2) If you click an item that has ended, it will still display the eBay links and so forth but the form to bid will not appear. Instead you will receive a message explaining that the auction has ended along with a redirect link to either the DR service or back to the lowball page.

3) If you click through to an item, and are not logged in, you will also not see the bidding form and instead will be asked to please log in at the top of the page.

In addition to all of this, I also have my server keeping track of all bids so if something should screw up we'll have a backup.

Again, thanks so much guys. This week is a test of sorts and if everything goes smoothly I hope to have a ton of new items up in the lowball next week. I will continue to run these as long as I have merchandise and as mentioned earlier today will also be incorporating lowball auctions into the rewards program as well. Thanks!!
 
You're very welcome Wilme! Hope to do business again with you soon. In the next couple of months I'm really going to pour my heart and soul into this website to really bring it alive. You haven't seen anything yet guys ^_^
 
One last thing...I just realized that the Direct Request service is NOT sending the "Additional Item Information" for the items themselves. It is, however, sending the COMMENTS section at the bottom. I will fix this when I get home tonight but I have to run to the post office and store now. I'll fix it later though :) So if you are placing a DR order just remember to put the item details into the comments section. Thanks guys ^_^ Sorry about that. Told you I'm still working on it!
 
One last thing...I just realized that the Direct Request service is NOT sending the "Additional Item Information" for the items themselves. It is, however, sending the COMMENTS section at the bottom. I will fix this when I get home tonight but I have to run to the post office and store now. I'll fix it later though :) So if you are placing a DR order just remember to put the item details into the comments section. Thanks guys ^_^ Sorry about that. Told you I'm still working on it!
 
Oh, not that it's realistic... But Goomba, Ragnar had 20 million bidded on one item, and somehow I beat it with $20...

That may be a problem?

Funny as hell though when I saw it work :p

Also, funny enough, any number higher than 20 million didn't work!
 
RoganSarine, that's intentionally added actually (and the reason I keep a physical log of all bids). If the items go beyond a certain number they reset. People found abusing this will be permanently banned from the system, so I'm not too worried about it. I'll add more safeguards in anyhow. Thanks for pointing it out though. I'll put a max bid limit in there somewhere :)

telepathy, no worries. I have the Canuck Bucks organized in my system. They will show up once the actual rewards system goes live. Thanks!
 
Holycrap telepathy... How much stuff do you order? :|

By the way, Goomb, if it's okay with you, I'll send the funds at the end of the auction for wolverine + whatever I can win.
 
Rogan, yeah that's totally fine :) As I mentioned I have plenty of things to keep busy until then so by all means you can pay when the lowball is up. Best of luck!

telepathy, you're welcome :) I promise I'll straighten it all out. I definitely take on a lot of projects at once, but once they all come together then I can finally sit back and relax ^_^ Thanks again!
 
Goomba, you really need an FAQ page. For instance, I'd like a list of videogame stores from which you get free shipping. And telepathy's question seems to pop up a lot.
 
telepathy, all the information (including the mailing address and all that) is available on the website now here: http://www.gamesforcanada.com/package-forwarding.php . Let me know if that is all you need. If you need additional info let me know :)

jeffx, one thing at a time. I do plan to do a VERY extensive FAQ page. Just keep in mind these types of major updates won't come until March/April when I get laid off from my job/my wife goes to China for a month. I have a lot of plans so no worries.
 
telepathy, glad you found the link (thanks Rogan). I took you up on your suggestion though and added this to the first post:

Services We Offer:

1) Direct Request Service: You can fill in any combination of items you want to buy from any variety of websites (doesn't have to be video game related). Sign up for a free account, fill in what items you want and how much they cost, and estimated shipping weight. The website will calculate all the service charges for you automatically and you can pay right away on the website. We'll order the items for you, repackage them and ship them up to you for a flat fee. Typically $2.00 USD for the first item and $1.00 for each additional item. Couldn't be easier! Best price available. Most requests are placed within 24 hours and processed as soon as we get them. No other service comes close :)

2) Package Forwarding: 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.

3) Direct Request Classic - If you require a little hand-holding or if you want an estimate without signing up for an account, you can! Our Direct Request Classic service is the one that started off the GFC site. Here all items are a $2.00 flat service charge. You will receive an Email invoice with PDF attachment explaining line-by-line details of all charges and full payment options.

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Hopefully that will help now ^_^ I realize not everyone knows exactly what our services are about, so I appreciate the suggestions!
 
** LOWBALL UPDATES **

Oh and good news too, I found out why it was resetting the values to $0.00 on the auction. It wasn't so much the HUGE numbers that people were bidding (which obviously wouldn't happen on a regular auction) but the fact people were using symbols and letters. If you were to bid $A.00 it would accept the bid, calculate the letter A as 0 and set it to $0.00. So now that's been fixed. In addition:

1) The maximum bid is now $999.99. I don't think I'll be selling any items over $1000 anytime soon so that's fair.

2) Any bid that contains letters/symbols or anything other than numbers or decimal will have these things stripped. So if you bid $AAAA1.00 it will convert to $1.00. Hopefully this will work. Please don't purposely screw around with the bids :) Unless you want to help me debug. Only do this with the TEST items please!

I will also be implementing bans on anyone who messes with the bidding (on non test items of course). So if you go and bid $1000 on Demon's Souls, you better really want to pay $1000 for it =P If you make a mistake, that's one thing, but if it appears to be intentionally screwing with the lowball sale I will have no choice but to take away your bidding rights. I think that's fair enough.
 
[quote name='telepathy']Awesome goomba. I sent you a DR. I'm not sure I did the forwarding DR right but w/e, I hope you can figure it out.[/QUOTE]

Just outbid you Telepathy =p

Goomba, any word on those other two titles I was looking for from your lowball items? Or do you want me to PM you with an offer? =)
 
haha Rogan, you can have the secretary job when:

A) GFC brings in over $150 profit a day and I can quit my job
B) I pay off all my debt
C) My wife turns down the job first ^_^

You'll be second on my list though for a full-time position. Just keep in mind that all secretaries have to wear Japanese sailor suits at the office. Might be a bit awkward.
 
[quote name='gsrce']Just outbid you Telepathy =p

Goomba, any word on those other two titles I was looking for from your lowball items? Or do you want me to PM you with an offer? =)[/QUOTE]

Um, good job. I'm not that interested about stuff atm. It was more or less just giving some decent starter prices for goomba's stuff & if no one outbids me then good, otherwise, it means more money for goomba.

[quote name='goomba478']Yeah telepathy, you did everything perfectly. Hope you get that price ^_~[/QUOTE]

I'm guessing it was a mistake (someone else led me on to it at some point). They eventually took it down & I'm just waiting to see some cancellation or error in the shipment somehow. But if all is well, then I guess I'm up a couple of copies of Sigma 2.
 
Oh yeah of course. That's covered by the first two qualifiers (making enough money to support us long term and paying off the debt). The uniforms will be flown in from Japan and will come in two styles: Sailor Moon or Sakura from Street Fighter lol.

telepathy, much appreciated :) I did think your offers were very fair. The more money I make from GFC, the more I'll invest back into it ^_^ That's just how it goes!
 
** GFC LOWBALL UPDATE **

I will be adding quite a few NEW games tomorrow. They will not be technically lowball items (they're going to be sold on eBay) but they will show up in the list in case you want to bid on them. Here's the partial list for now:

All items starting at $9.99 USD on eBay:

* Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) - BRAND NEW
* Bayonetta (PS3) - Brand NEW
* Bayonetta (Xbox 360) - Brand NEW
* Darksiders (Xbox 360) - Brand NEW
* Super Mario Bros Wii (Wii) - Brand NEW

These items will be 3 Day items and will end at 10:30 PM EST. Thanks!

I will be adding more items (used mostly) on Sunday as 7 day items as well. Some really good games coming soon :)
 
[quote name='telepathy']Um, good job. I'm not that interested about stuff atm. It was more or less just giving some decent starter prices for goomba's stuff & if no one outbids me then good, otherwise, it means more money for goomba.[/QUOTE]

I was just playin, hence the =p
 
[quote name='telepathy']Um, good job. I'm not that interested about stuff atm. It was more or less just giving some decent starter prices for goomba's stuff & if no one outbids me then good, otherwise, it means more money for goomba.



I'm guessing it was a mistake (someone else led me on to it at some point). They eventually took it down & I'm just waiting to see some cancellation or error in the shipment somehow. But if all is well, then I guess I'm up a couple of copies of Sigma 2.[/QUOTE]
Telepathy... What did you just potentially get multiple copies of? o_O Ninja... Gaiden... Sigma 2 price error somewhere?
 
[quote name='gsrce']I was just playin, hence the =p[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I know (internet is great like that). I didn't really care that much since it would immediately start hanging out in the pile of "Needs to be played & finished" games which i think is in the hundreds at the moment lol. If you really wanted it, by all means. It'd probably get some play time way before I get around to playing it.

[quote name='RoganSarine']Telepathy... What did you just potentially get multiple copies of? o_O Ninja... Gaiden... Sigma 2 price error somewhere?[/QUOTE]

A seller decided to sell his copies (note I didn't say copy) of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for $2.00 (+ $4.00 shipping O_O). Of course the listing eventually went down eventually. I'm expecting a wave of cancellation emails to be sent out by the seller or something equally as shitty (like the wrong game is sent out or something) but it was worth a shot anyways.
 
[quote name='telepathy']


A seller decided to sell his copies (note I didn't say copy) of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for $2.00 (+ $4.00 shipping O_O). Of course the listing eventually went down eventually. I'm expecting a wave of cancellation emails to be sent out by the seller or something equally as shitty (like the wrong game is sent out or something) but it was worth a shot anyways.[/QUOTE]


NEGATIVE FEEDBACK GALORE!!!

I'll buy one off you if you get two :p More or less just finished being a masochist and master ninja'd the original sigma.
 
We'll see how many copies I actually end up with (I think I actually made a bunch of deals involving this so I may or may not end up with 0-4 copies of the game). It was completely on a whim as well.
 
do you happen to miss requests sometimes goomba? i think you missed mine since it has been more than 48hours. :|
 
kinun, I didn't miss it. It's just in the last week or two I've been getting a TON of DR's and just have been working at my day job a lot. I will go and try to do yours right now :)

Just trying to work as hard as I can before my wife leaves for China. I'm nearly caught up though. I still have like 10 more to go but we'll get those all finished soon enough ^_^ Thanks!
 
The eBay links have been added to the Lowball list on the GFC page. I highly recommend you guys check them out. Some brand new releases (all are sealed copies). Can't beat the prices =)
 
Ha, the dastardly thing about you putting items on eBay? It's 3 days early and I don't even care if someone outbids me. Normally I try to snipe auctions, but I actually just bid the maximum amount I would pay for the games :p

IT makes me wonder if that GoW collection will get any higher though... It's already $30 CAD/USD =\
 
Hmm that Bayonetta for PS3 looks very tempting. However I doubt that in 2 days it will be still within reasonable pricing for me to pick it up. I'll keep my eyes on it just in case though.

and Spike32, are you ordering Blazblue off Amazon? A few days ago I put in my order for it when I saw it drop to $30. Best deal ive seen on that game and I can't see it dropping in price any time soon.
 
RoganSarine, thanks :) Appreciate it. This way if you get outbid then at least you know you gave it your best. Good luck winning it!

strife18, Feel free to just put in your maximum bid you're willing to pay. If you don't win, then you don't win. No harm done. I do wish you the best though and thanks for pointing out to spike32 about the Amazon price. That really is a fantastic deal for BlazBlue new.
 
Goomba, did you get my latest Amazon order (30 Rock S3/Office S5)? Amazon says they've shipped, but I didn't get the invoice.

Thanks.
 
[quote name='goomba478']
strife18, Feel free to just put in your maximum bid you're willing to pay. If you don't win, then you don't win. No harm done. I do wish you the best though and thanks for pointing out to spike32 about the Amazon price. That really is a fantastic deal for BlazBlue new.[/QUOTE]

Np, thought I would just check to make sure he was getting the cheapest available. And about Bayonetta, its at $41US at the moment. Still cheaper than going out to a store but not cheap enough to be just added to my backlog ;)
 
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