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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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emjaymj, I am still looking into your Gamestop issue without much success (no idea why they cancelled the other items). As for the USPS Package pickups, yes I do have a few of them ready for pickup tomorrow morning so I'm sure they'll be there.

Lucas252, I think you realize it now but you sent the payment as CAD which is why I refunded them. Just resend as USD and we'll be all set. Thanks!
 
Hi goomba, just dropping by to see how are things going...

Sorry to hear that you're very busy, though more orders = more money :D!

good luck with your overwhelming orders :D
 
Thanks shadowjeff, we'll be through this nightmare of a month soon enough. It's been painful with my wife away, tons of money issues, negative bank account balances and missed payments on bills, but I do believe we'll have a much sunnier June 2010 than we did an April or May.

The temporary shut down of DR's is simply to give us time to straighten things out, and get GFC running at full speed again. It's hard when my "real" day job keep sending me home after 2-3 hours, so I'm really hoping to boost my GFC efforts to make some real money doing this since I'd much rather spend time at home packing packages than I would working for someone else. We'll get there soon enough ^_^ I appreciate the kind words of support. We'll be through this all eventually :)
 
** Goomba's Trade/For Sale List **

Until I get another Lowball Sale up and Running, I will be listing items for sale in my trade list. At the moment I'm only looking for Paypal and not trades, though that may change once my financial situation is sunnier. Almost all items are OBO meaning you are free to make offers for them. This isn't a lowball auction though so please make fair offers close to what I am asking :) I will be adding a lot of items as I need to come up with roughly $2000 by the end of the month. Thanks guys. I will be listing almost all items on eBay at the end of the month if they don't sell. Many are from my personal collection. Thanks!

The link is here:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3909482#post3909482
 
I realize my for-sale list is mostly expensive or limited edition items, but I'll try to add more relevant cheaper items there as well. I just want to have somewhere that has a complete list of things I want to sell. Thanks guys :) I'll be shipping out items tomorrow and sending out Lowball items as well. Lots to do =P
 
[quote name='goomba478']emjaymj, I am still looking into your Gamestop issue without much success (no idea why they cancelled the other items). As for the USPS Package pickups, yes I do have a few of them ready for pickup tomorrow morning so I'm sure they'll be there.

Lucas252, I think you realize it now but you sent the payment as CAD which is why I refunded them. Just resend as USD and we'll be all set. Thanks![/QUOTE]

Have you contacted Gamestop or your credit card? I don't imagine the former would have any clue why this may have happened. Seriously, I've had this happen to myself a few times for very ridiculous and unforeseen reasons and all you have to do is call the number on the back of your card and tell them that you do, in fact, authorize the charges.
 
emjaymj, I'm going to try to call my credit card company today. They were closed for the weekend hours so I couldn't contact their customer service directly. Wish me luck =P
 
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Guys, I have 2 Xbox Live Cards (12 Month Gold Subscriptions) available. I need to sell these FAST to get some much needed rent-money so I'm marking them down to $35.00 USD. I will send you the code via PM/Email. This is the cheapest I've had them in ages and it'll be a long time before I get any more at this price. If you need a subscription and have the money, now is the time to get it :) Please let me know if you're interested. Thanks! Oh and yes, these do work in Canada =P
 
Just got an invoice from you goomba, though it only states Final Fantasy XIII (PS3). I assume that Bayonetta (PS3) is also with it (considering $8 USD is alot for 1 game =P)
 
CaptainKishimoto, that included the optional $2.00 insurance, otherwise it was just $6.00. All of the details are in the attached PDF... You submitted the Bayonetta PF request separately so I wasn't sure if you wanted the combined. If you did let me know and I will update your invoice. Thanks!
 
Aha so that must be you. Ignore the Email I sent :) I wasn't sure what it was for as the Paypal payment didn't have any other info on it. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']CaptainKishimoto, that included the optional $2.00 insurance, otherwise it was just $6.00. All of the details are in the attached PDF... You submitted the Bayonetta PF request separately so I wasn't sure if you wanted the combined. If you did let me know and I will update your invoice. Thanks![/QUOTE]Ya, again sorry about that =[ I would like them combined, thanks! :)
 
Goomba, I can't wait for Red Dead Redemption. Can I upgrade to overnight shipping on Gamestop? ^_^

Oh, and I got Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata today, both in amazing condition. Thanks!
 
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hey goomba do you take pre order of SCII in US, cause too many ppl pre-ordered at EB, BB and futureshop in canada. My fd told me that at eb that not all ppl will get the pre order, because there are too many orders, whoever pre order it first gets it first and its a huge list.... sigh......
 
wizic, if you can send the money immediately then I should be able to get you a copy from Best Buy as they are still taking preorders. Let me know. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']Errr...do you really want overnight shipping? It's ridiculously expensive. Let me know if you're serious =P Glad you got the other two![/QUOTE]
Well, it's only $10, right? I mean from Gamestop to you, not you to me, if that's what you were thinking. I just have a $5 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks that I have no other use for right now. And I've been reading reviews and getting even more hyped :p. I dunno, how much faster do you think it would get to me with overnight vs standard? Thanks.
 
So no progress on my gamestop problem? Have you called the CC company? If you can't get it resolved then I need to find another way to preorder those games TONIGHT, but I really hope you can.
 
Gombay, it may be too late to update the shipping speed of the item once it's already been ordered to be completely honest with you. I've never done that before, but it really would only make 2-3 days difference generally speaking. If you really want to I can look into it.

emjaymj, unfortunately they claim that there was a systematic error with my Bank of America card and that it may take up to one week to reverse the funds (make them available). For whatever reason, Gamestop charged the games separately and it must have triggered some sort of security flag like you said. At this point I'll probably have to refund you the money once it goes back to my account as I don't have that much in extra funds to re-order them again by tonight unfortunately. Sorry, this is a risk we take when ordering multiple games on sale as pricier orders tend to be more flag-worthy to companies.

hkboi, I believe your fighting stick is in :) I'm going to UPS tomorrow to pick up the latest bunch of packages. I will keep you posted! As of this weekend I will resume GYROS updates fully and then a week later I will re-open all DR services. Thanks again!
 
jeffx, I'm not entirely sure. What was your Email about? =) Let me know and I shall check for you. Thanks! This has been a week of cleansing, healing and de-cluttering. Things are moving in the right direction.
 
[quote name='goomba478']emjaymj, unfortunately they claim that there was a systematic error with my Bank of America card and that it may take up to one week to reverse the funds (make them available). For whatever reason, Gamestop charged the games separately and it must have triggered some sort of security flag like you said. At this point I'll probably have to refund you the money once it goes back to my account as I don't have that much in extra funds to re-order them again by tonight unfortunately. Sorry, this is a risk we take when ordering multiple games on sale as pricier orders tend to be more flag-worthy to companies.[/QUOTE]

Oddly enough, they sent me the bonus code for the upcoming games anyways. So if I'm getting the preorder bonus and gamestop has another 25% off promotion, I guess the only real drawback is the wait. But since they went ahead and sent me the codes anyways, I guess I might as well wait and see, unless you have a different CC it can be switched to. Unfortunately I've just been approved for one of my own and I probably won't get it in the mail until later this week or maybe even next week :(
 
emjaymj, normally I would have other credit cards on file but with my wife having recently gone on a one month trip to China almost all our cards are temporarily either maxed out or nearly so. So yeah.... I'm glad you got your pre-order bonus codes though :) Hopefully by this weekend they will resolve the hold on my funds and we can get that straightened out for you. Again, very sorry. It's very rare that this sort of thing happens, but it does occasionally. We'll get it worked out :).

Gombay, yeah it's not all that much different in all honesty. I say save the money and wait a few days, it's worth it ^_^.
 
You're very welcome Porumy. It's good to see some happy customers and not just a lot of "I'm going to rip your head off for taking a week off Goomba" messages :) Thanks for letting me know. Glad that it made it to you safely ^_^ Appreciate it.
 
Jeffx, I got the DR but thought you were requesting a Package Forwarding request since you were asking for Super Mario Galaxy 2 with the $20 promotion (which was already claimed). And the Kmart item was up in the air as I hadn't received those games yet (though I may get it tomorrow). Let me know what you'd like to do. If I can get the FFXIII then you want that and Hexyz Force? Hope to hear from you before you sign off :)
 
Oh, right, the 20$ was already claimed? It figures.

Alright just let me know for FF13 PS3 tomorrow or something.

Thanks and good night.
 
Jeffx, okay will do buddy. I'm considering how to do it, but I plan on making a list of all the games that have special offers that haven't been claimed yet by DR so there's no question about what's available and what's not. I'll let you know about FFXIII tonight :) Thanks!
 
Well goomba, interesting news.

After they sent me my pre-order bonuses, I replied to the email with "RESOLVED" just so that they would at least attempt to go ahead with the order instead of straight-up cancelling it. And what do you know, this week's games shipped anyways :) Well actually, Prince of Persia hasn't shipped yet, but as that's the game I received the bonus code for, I'm hopeful it just hasn't been processed yet (still early in the day) and will be shipped out later today.
 
** GFC WHIRLWIND MODE **

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For those of you playing at home, here's our newest stats! GFC is on a one week-hiatus for new orders. We're devoting all our time, energy and money into getting all current orders processed so that we can begin working on the new site updates and move forward. :) So here goes our daily stats:

Direct Requests: 49
Package Forwarding Items: 5
Paypal Items to Process (Includes Lowball Items): 19

We're making true progress and by next week we should be re-opening our doors to DR's. Thanks for your patience during this transition period ^_^ We're working as hard as we can to get everything cleaned up, caught up and back on track. Thanks guys!
 
As far as package forwarding and other items go, I know I have $50 credit with you (plus the $65 service fees I won in the lowball), so a lot of this stuff is technically already paid for, but I'd really appreciate an invoice for the order anyways, just for my records and so I can keep track of my remaining credit too.

My guess is that you will be doing this anyways, I wouldn't know because I used to pay AFTERWARDS, but I'm pretty sure you've got around like 7 items of mine, so maybe you just do a batch of invoices after processing a batch of orders, rather than doing each order + invoice in sequence? I would have a hard time keeping track of doing things that way, kudos to you for being so damn capable if that's the case :)
 
maigoyume, honestly it's best if you can order it yourself since I'm not entirely sure yet how Gamestop treats the future $10 credits. That Glory of Heracles is RIDICULOUSLY cheap by the way. I so want that game :) Good luck!
 
maigoyume, just out of curiosity do you know if you get those $10 credits with the used copies too? Or is it only for the new ones? Just curious =)
 
Thanks for the quick reply goomba, I'll probably send it to your UPS box then.

(Just realized that uncles have to bring up some rather expensive items and would not like them to get taxed for it)

I'm actually not sure, I BELIEVE its for either, but don't quote me on that =P
 
OK Sounds good :) Guys you really should jump on some of these deals. They're insane! Remember to use Big Crumbs and get 4% back on top from Gamestop...if you're not a Big Crumbs member yet consider signing up through my link ^_^ HINT HINT.

 
[quote name='goomba478']OK Sounds good :) Guys you really should jump on some of these deals. They're insane! Remember to use Big Crumbs and get 4% back on top from Gamestop...if you're not a Big Crumbs member yet consider signing up through my link ^_^ HINT HINT.

[/QUOTE]Oh forgot about bigcrumbs, btw goomba its not allowing me to use your address for shipping and my address for billing because its not in the same country :cry: any ideas on a workaround?
 
Well if you want to have me order them that's fine, just realize I'll have to ask you to pay full price and then I can just send you the $10 codes...because I have no need for Gamestop credit the way I do for Amazon Credit right now. If you're okay with that let me know and I can work with you :)
 
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