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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Kekumba, welcome to our GFC Services =) We're just catching up with a lot of holiday-ish orders but we're on track to be back in full very soon. We no longer have ridiculously cheap XBL codes but we do have them available for around $51.00 USD if paid with Amazon Gift Card. Unfortunately, Microsoft increased the prices not so long ago and most stores no longer discount them as they did in the past. If you're interested let me know. We can send you the code via Email/PM within 3-4 days typically. Talk to you soon :)
 
$51 for an xbox live subscription? Everyday I feel like Im glad I invested in a PS3. I rarely play online anyway, but for those few times I do... $51 is stupid! I could buy nearly 3 games with that yearly.
 
Just a question. I went to place an order, and between the estimate page and the page just before you fully finalize your order the service charge jumped $2

Is that normal?
 
Hey Goomba whats up from the posts on here do you ever sleep? Lol, well I hate to bug you but I sent you the additional shipping payment through paypal but on gyros my order (1660 / 703146901) still says "mo money needed" can you adjust that? thanks.
 
Hey goomba, just wanted to check in on Order #1553 / 476411317. I was hoping to get it in before New year's when I ordered, but I guess that's not the case. If & when you do process/receive it...is there a way to upgrade the shipping to get it sooner? I'm trying to give it as a gift to someone before they leave. Thanks in advance!
 
gsrce, I sent you an Email back and started shipping some of your items. I'll start invoicing you for more today. Thanks!

frictor, I wrote you back as well. Thank you :).

Gold_Guardian, this is due to credit card processing charges for going through the site directly. To avoid these you can pay with Amazon Gift Cards for the item price and shipping costs and you can buy service charge credits from our Online store. For more info feel free to contact me by Email. The new site will explain these sorts of things in greater detail next month.

Mr_Shank, I do sleep but I work grave shift at a casino which means I wake up at 2:00 AM or so and go to bed at 7:00 PM or so. I'll take care of your GYROS status :) thanks.

pyrox4, that's awesome. I saw that they were delivered but was waiting to hear from you. Enjoy my friend ^_^ Glad they got there before New Year's Day!
 
AJD23, I did receive it now. If you want we can send it Priority Mail to you which is a LITTLE faster. Sorry for all the delays. We've been processing orders as numerically as possible and we were just getting to yours. Let me know if you'd want to upgrade the shipping and I'll update your invoice. Thanks!
 
Goomba, just got the e-mail, and you're right, I would've responded quite late (looks at the time xD). Thanks though for choosing to send it today, I'll just cross my fingers that I get it soon! & Happy New Year!
 
Hey JJ, just thought I'd inquire on the forum here to get an update on my order before I head out the door the NYE.

The order # is: 1620 / 559774495

It's the sennehsier foam replacement earpads.

Thanks as always, and have a happy new years. Stay safe tonight =P
 
Happy New Year everyone :)

We will begin resuming invoicing/shipping for orders this afternoon (once I get back from the busiest day of the entire year at the casino) and the USPS will re-open on Monday morning. Also, we will start coding for our new PF Service starting next week so that's something to look forward to as well. Full PF service should resume on or around 1/21/2011. Thanks guys. Have fun, be safe and talk to you soon!
 
Hey Goomba, I noticed a post from you saying you're processing orders numerically and I wanted to make sure that the fact my order was never added to the gyros page doesn't effect when it gets processed. The order # is 1171257401, dated 11/25. This order was actually before another of my orders which is on the gyros page: 1582 / 1035701030. Thanks.
 
JJ, just wanted to let you know I paid the additional shipping $ last night via Paypal. Thanks again!


(It's for the sennheiser earpads)
 
Hi goomba,

Happy New Year!

Just wondering if you received my email about getting a new invoice for my order (# 285 277 161). I didn't pay straight away as I wanted the credit to be applied so it probably shows up as an estimate order as opposed to one that's gone through.

It's the order with 3 MAC products :)

Thanks!
 
Hi Goomba

Just sent payment for order: 282427131 but there was a mistake with the shipping address. Sent you an email with my new address.

Thanks!

Edit: NVM you got back to me already lol
 
Hey Goomba,
I was looking at my Amazon order page and it say the artbook (Order# 591513466) was delivered on the 20th. Just wanted to make sure you got it because Amazon is burying my inbox with "please leave feedback" messages.
 
Hey guys just wanted to drop by and say that I'm not dead :) I just was really busy with baby doctor appointments and things this week, crib/stroller shopping, etc. I'm still processing a bunch of orders behind the scenes and taking a look into all orders with questions above. I'll be out of town a little bit today but will be processing a bunch more tonight when I get home. I'll try to update as many of your statuses on GYROS as possible. Thanks! Talk to you soon.
 
[quote name='goomba478']Hey guys just wanted to drop by and say that I'm not dead :) I just was really busy with baby doctor appointments and things this week, crib/stroller shopping, etc. I'm still processing a bunch of orders behind the scenes and taking a look into all orders with questions above. I'll be out of town a little bit today but will be processing a bunch more tonight when I get home. I'll try to update as many of your statuses on GYROS as possible. Thanks! Talk to you soon.[/QUOTE]

Get a wishlist on Amazon with baby stuff Goomba and maybe I'll PF some of it to you =)
 
Thanks gsrce, we actually do have an Amazon Baby Registry. I put a link to it in my signature ^_^ That's very kind of you. Today was a lot more baby shopping and there are still a lot of things we have to get ready before the little one comes. I'm excited and equally nervous at the same time! Keep in touch guys, I'm working as hard as I can on the new PF page to get it fully operational by the 21st :). Cya soon!
 
Hey Goomba,

You never got back to me on my last message //sadface// You never put my drumsticks and cable on the GYROs page, so I can't tell if your shipping them seperately, or if you already got the drumsticks (since musiciansfriends ETA was sorely off :p)

Also, I was wondering... Is there any way I could tap into your GFC system? With the website I started 6 months ago, I was wanting to offer your services on my store front. Except, I kind of don't want to break the illusion of the website by making them be outsourced to GAMES for canada (since you export anything). I was wondering if I could talk to you about putting just the raw form on my website and have a "Powered by GFC" with your little awesome robot peaking out the side of the webpage. I wouldn't take any cut, I just want to offer your services :)
 
RoganSarine, sorry man :) The last week has been all baby-shower planning and family stuff so I haven't had much time at the computer. Today I finally have a good 3-4 hours to do GFC stuff and that's a great thing. I received your drumsticks but haven't received your cable yet (it's quite possible it was shipped to me and I just haven't located it yet) so if you want to wait a couple days then I will be shipping them together.

I love the idea of having the "Powered by GFC" form. The raw form that I use though right now isn't exactly finalized. I'm actually working on a very much improved system though it's very tied to my site as it's almost 100% PHP based and uses a lot of my site's back-end for logins/points/rewards and such. I'm sure that we could figure out something. I'm still planning to make a new site eventually that isn't games-centric but offers the same services, so maybe your idea can help me push towards that. I'll update you very soon once the new PF system is done :) Should be by the end of January ^_^ I'm 60% done coding it now.

Thanks Discotheque, I got your payment and should be shipping out tomorrow. Appreciate it!
 
** GFC Beta Testers Needed **

As many of you may already know, we will be introducing a new Package Forwarding (PF) system at the end of the month. In order to make sure that the re-launch of the service goes without a hitch I will be looking for a few of you guys to help me test it. You can either order with actual item requests (preferably) or sample orders, but I want to make sure that it works more or less flawlessly once it's released to the public.

If you are interested in being a BETA tester please let me know. All you need are the following:

1) A GFC account on the website (most of you already have this, but if not you'll need to register).

2) At least one item you plan to package forward using our system.

3) A Paypal account (optional, but preferable).

As a special thank you for Beta testing, the first 5 participants will receive $5.00 in Service Charge Credits (SCC's). You will receive the credit after successfully placing the order under the new system :) We will have the Beta page available approximately 01/14/2011. Thanks guys and let me know.
 
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[quote name='goomba478']** GFC Beta Testers Needed **

As many of you may already know, we will be introducing a new Package Forwarding (PF) system at the end of the month. In order to make sure that the re-launch of the service goes without a hitch I will be looking for a few of you guys to help me test it. You can either order with actual item requests (preferably) or sample orders, but I want to make sure that it works more or less flawlessly once it's released to the public.

If you are interested in being a BETA tester please let me know. All you need are the following:

1) A GFC account on the website (most of you already have this, but if not you'll need to register).

2) At least one item you plan to package forward using our system.

3) A Paypal account (optional, but preferable).

As a special thank you for Beta testing, the first 5 participants will receive $5.00 in Service Charge Credits (SCC's). You will receive the credit after successfully placing the order under the new system :) We will have the Beta page available approximately 01/14/2011. Thanks guys and let me know.

[/QUOTE]I'm interested!:D
 
** GFC BETA TESTERS LIST **
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Rewards Points Members:

#01 - Pat_McCrotch
#02 - evantrees
#03 - dancrane212
#04 - gsrce
#05 - underkover19

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Additional Beta Testers (No bonus points):
#00 - Available
 
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badrapboy, I spent almost 4 hours putting it together but your order of 22 items is finally tallied, repacked and invoiced. I can ship them out as soon as I receive your payment. I also sent you an Email letting you know what each box has in it and how much it weighs/costs to ship. Thanks again and sorry for the holiday delays. We appreciate your support buddy :)
 
Hi Goomba,

I've sent my shipping payment awhile ago for order 1522 and 1670 but the gyros haven't been updated. Did you receive my payment okay? it was done using amazon giftcards.

Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']badrapboy, I spent almost 4 hours putting it together but your order of 22 items is finally tallied, repacked and invoiced. I can ship them out as soon as I receive your payment. I also sent you an Email letting you know what each box has in it and how much it weighs/costs to ship. Thanks again and sorry for the holiday delays. We appreciate your support buddy :)[/QUOTE]


Hi Goomba, my apologies :D but wanted to say thanks for everything!
let me know if you got my payment or not. Take care goomba and good luck on your growth business ;):cool:
 
[quote name='goomba478']RoganSarine, sorry man :) The last week has been all baby-shower planning and family stuff so I haven't had much time at the computer. Today I finally have a good 3-4 hours to do GFC stuff and that's a great thing. I received your drumsticks but haven't received your cable yet (it's quite possible it was shipped to me and I just haven't located it yet) so if you want to wait a couple days then I will be shipping them together.

I love the idea of having the "Powered by GFC" form. The raw form that I use though right now isn't exactly finalized. I'm actually working on a very much improved system though it's very tied to my site as it's almost 100% PHP based and uses a lot of my site's back-end for logins/points/rewards and such. I'm sure that we could figure out something. I'm still planning to make a new site eventually that isn't games-centric but offers the same services, so maybe your idea can help me push towards that. I'll update you very soon once the new PF system is done :) Should be by the end of January ^_^ I'm 60% done coding it now.

Thanks Discotheque, I got your payment and should be shipping out tomorrow. Appreciate it![/QUOTE]

Cool deal. Ha ha, hopefully you can find that cable :p I've been wanting to install this spare hard drive forever, so I can finally migrate to Windows 7 instead of my bugged to crap Windows XP.

Would it be more or less of a headache if I made my own form temporarily and just manually put everything into your system? I figure that most the audiences wouldn't cross over really anyway.
 
Hey Goomba,

Even though you said I should receive an invoice soonish on Dec. 23, I've been worried about my order since amazon says it's been over a month since you've received the package (Dec. 7 to be exact) and I still haven't received an invoice yet :whistle2:s
It's order no 898924450.

Thanks for your time,
 
QC8472, just sent you an invoice, let me know if you got it or not :) Thanks again. Sorry again, this week we are having friends visit from out of state, I'm working 7 days in a row and I have to help my mom throw a baby shower ^_^ We're making it through though. I finally get a day off tomorrow so I'm psyched! Thanks again.
 
Got you a few little somethings. ;)

P.S. Feel free to grab a new banner or LMK if you need a different size. :D

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We'll be reopening very (very) soon!
 
dv8mad, thanks so much man! You guys win the award for longest distance baby shower gift :) I will definitely pick up one of your new banners as well. They look great! I'm doing my major GFC PF Relaunch on 01/22/2011 so I'll be sure to code in your new banner :) Thanks also for checking for my wife's coat even though it didn't work out. That was really nice of you. Keep in touch buddy, hope all is well. Talk to you soon ^_^
 
[quote name='goomba478']QC8472, just sent you an invoice, let me know if you got it or not :) Thanks again. Sorry again, this week we are having friends visit from out of state, I'm working 7 days in a row and I have to help my mom throw a baby shower ^_^ We're making it through though. I finally get a day off tomorrow so I'm psyched! Thanks again.[/QUOTE]

It's been received and sent, thanks alot Goomba! :)
 
Hey Goomba,

Just got a shipping confirmation for the Mass Effect art book (PF) but I never received an invoice or payed for it (shipping).

Did you happen to get it mixed up with the outbid eBay auction or did you take the shipping off the refund from the eBay one?

Thanks!
 
Hi dancrane212, yes I just took the money you paid for the eBay auction and used that to ship it to you. You still have credit left over though. If you sign into your GFC account on our website it SHOULD show up at the top of the screen how much you have left (Canuck Bucks). If you could double check that'd be great because you're the first customer I've tried this on. Thanks ^_^. Hope you love the art book, I have it and it's one of my favorites (and I haven't even played the game before).
 
Hi Goomba,

I've sent my shipping payment awhile ago for order 1522 and 1670 but the gyros haven't been updated. Did you receive my payment okay? it was done using amazon giftcards.

Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']Hi dancrane212, yes I just took the money you paid for the eBay auction and used that to ship it to you. You still have credit left over though. If you sign into your GFC account on our website it SHOULD show up at the top of the screen how much you have left (Canuck Bucks). If you could double check that'd be great because you're the first customer I've tried this on. Thanks ^_^. Hope you love the art book, I have it and it's one of my favorites (and I haven't even played the game before).[/QUOTE]

I just checked the site and the credit showed up where you said it should.

Looking forward to getting the book, I had the LE of the first game where the bonus disk had hundreds of concept art each with their own audio commentary by the artist but there is something fantastic about sitting down with a physical object.
 
DarthSilverice, it seems like your mail was in my Junk folder all this time, so I'm glad you brought it to my attention. I applied your Amazon gift card now and will do my best to get your items out to you today. Thanks again for everything :)

dancrane212, yeah I totally hear you about the art books. I'm really happy to hear that it shows your funds correctly on the GFC site. Now all I have to do is finish the coding for the PF page and then the DR ones on the site and you'll be able to use that credit for future purchases and have it automatically credit you for them on the site. One step at a time ^_^.
 
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