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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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Guys: super exciting news... We are in the hospital and my wife is in early labor! By the end of the day I will officially be a father :)

Obviously I am going to be away from home for a few days but I will do my best to process new orders from the hospital (I brought my computer and we have Wi-Fi) but all shipping will be on hold until Wednesday or Thursday. Sorry fo the brief delay but I assume you will understand. Wish us luck!!!! ^_^
 
Congrats (in advance?) Goomba :)

Now get back to work, my package is obviously more important than seeing your first child being born :lol:
 
[quote name='goomba478']Guys: super exciting news... We are in the hospital and my wife is in early labor! By the end of the day I will officially be a father :)

Obviously I am going to be away from home for a few days but I will do my best to process new orders from the hospital (I brought my computer and we have Wi-Fi) but all shipping will be on hold until Wednesday or Thursday. Sorry fo the brief delay but I assume you will understand. Wish us luck!!!! ^_^[/QUOTE]

Congrats Goomba!
 
[quote name='goomba478']Guys: super exciting news... We are in the hospital and my wife is in early labor! By the end of the day I will officially be a father :)

Obviously I am going to be away from home for a few days but I will do my best to process new orders from the hospital (I brought my computer and we have Wi-Fi) but all shipping will be on hold until Wednesday or Thursday. Sorry fo the brief delay but I assume you will understand. Wish us luck!!!! ^_^[/QUOTE]

Congratulations!
 
Thanks everyone :) Baby still isn't here yet but they assure us that one way or another it'll be here by the end of the day. Talk about jumping out of my skin in excitement! I'm operating on about 2-3 hours of broken sleep but happy as a clam, so I'll make it through it. Compared to what my poor wife has to go through I think it's safe to say I have the easier job in the matter.

I'll be sure to post pictures of the baby for you guys once he makes it =) Until then, talk to you all soon!
 
Hey Goomba, tx for keeping us posted! I hope everything is going well :D !

Whenever you get a chance (before, after or during the birth of your newborn (just joking of course - I am sure your wife would love that ;)) let me know how much I owe you to complete this DR # Order 1538687064 I emailed to you yesterday before you got called to the bar of family life!

And by the way I received my orders and I want to thank you for the great service!
 
Baby Layton is born :) He came yesterday at 5:54 PM and weighed a whopping 9 pounds 15 ounces! I will post a photo for you guys in just a bit :) Right now I'm making some harddrive space because I forgot to bring an external harddrive to the hospital. I'll be here with my wife in the hospital until Friday so I won't be doing a lot of shipping, but I know you guys will understand. I'll be taking off next week again from work to be with my wife and Layton so I'll catch up then. Thanks again for all of your support guys!
 
And here he is: Layton (aka Baby Goomba):
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and me feeding him last night:
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I couldn't be happier :) Thanks again guys! I'll resume shipping and such on Sunday when I return home and unpack all the new packages waiting for me. Thanks again for everything!
 
What a beautiful baby boy. Congratulations man! Must be a great feeling to be a daddy.

P.S. anyone else really want him to end up working at a University or College just so he can be called Professor Layton?
 
Haha Spino, that's hilarious. Just between us (and the rest of the Internet) he was named after Professor Layton :) We just both loved that series and it's a lot less obvious naming him Layton than it would be "Link" or after a Pokemon character lol. Most people outside the gaming world wouldn't get the Layton reference so we're safe :) We can be nerdy parents without being obvious about it lol.

Thanks AznChaos ^_^ We're really happy everything worked out in the end.
 
Wow, I just decided to quickly visit this thread because I thought your baby would be on the way, good timing on my part, haha.

Congrats Goomba, glad to see it's healthy, and what a great name, gave me a good laugh. :D
 
congrads congrads~
havent been on CAG for so long talk about timing, working 7 days a week T__T;;;

he looks very health and you look good as father.
wishes you for the best in future to come with your little one :D
 
Congrats on the entry into fatherhood; your kid looks adorable!

I think you should have gone with a Pokemon name though, just think of the 300 (400?) possibilities! You could even change his name as he evolves!
 
There's approximately 649 Pokemon now if my memory serves me correctly. But yeah, people may look at me funny if I named him "Buneary" or something.

Oh and that Goomba picture is freaking me out...seriously gsrce. I can't stand those horrifying Goombas from the Super Mario Bros. movie *Shivers* but you do get an A for attempt and originality lol. But yeah...freaky!

Thanks everyone :) We'll be returning home tomorrow night so GFC activities will resume Sunday onward as I adjust to the new family duties at home. Thanks again and I'll keep in touch I promise!
 
Hey Goomba,

Came here to see what the hold on my package was, but not I am embarrassed when I see the reason.

So instead I'd like to say Congrats, and take your time. All the best.

~S
 
Thanks again everyone :) I've only had an average of maybe 3 hours of sleep the last week but it's been worth it. The baby is really wonderful and once we get a routine down and once my wife fully recovers then we'll be back in business. I'm processing new DR and PF orders now while a friend is over helping us a bit and hopefully by Monday or Tuesday I can start getting items shipping again when the Post Office re-opens. I'll resume GYROS updates tomorrow as well. One step at a time :) Thanks for your support! Baby Layton appreciates it as well ^_^.
 
Congrats Goomba! :)

Quick questions about creating a profile on GFC.com. When I login in with my username and password, nothing seems to change. There is no indication that I've logged in; the name and password fields are still shown at the top of the screen.

Is this correct or is there something wrong with my login?
 
Hey Goomba congrats! Little late to the party, but d'aww he's so cute!

And, ha ha, way to go on the name - I didn't even make the connection myself even though Professor Layton is in my DS.
 
J-P it does seem like something didn't work there correctly. If you just created the username and password and it's not taking it, then let me know. Maybe I can figure out what's wrong. It's possible that with the recent updates I did that I screwed up something behind the scenes. Email me at [email protected] with your username and I'll see if I can log in with your credentials. Thanks :)
 
Goomba,

I emailed "[email protected]" you yesterday about Order Number: 1538687064 and will post here as well:

I would have paid right away but I am unable to modify the current paypal amount indicated when I entered this order - I have a credit of $106.50 so please invoice me with correct amount and I will forward payment by paypal.

Tx,
James
 
Congratulations goomba! Glad to hear everything went well.

I'm still looking for a response on the e-mail I sent last week regarding order #1731, when you have a chance.
 
Hey Goomba,

I was wondering if you got my DR for the Mass Effect comic in? I was just looking at the Amazon page and the book went up by $5 in the past day or so.
 
Hi guys just stopping in for a second. Haven't got much sleep or work in the last couple of days but we're starting to get the baby on a sort of regular sleeping/eating schedule which is good. I go back to my job today which is good because my last paycheck was $3.44 USD...not exactly going to cut it :).

I'll be doing the regular GFC updates (GYROS/shipping/invoicing) from 11:00 AM EST to about 5:00 PM EST, so I'll do my best to address your Emails, Questions and PM's. I'm doing my best :) Thanks. If you don't hear from me today I'll be working throughout the weekend on GFC stuff so we'll catch up ASAP. I don't plan on having any more babies anytime soon so we'll be caught up before you know it =).

As for website updates, the next thing I'm considering is to have a "I want to combine this order with a previous order" option on the site where you can put in your past order number to combine invoices. This would mean I'd have to manually combine them but it'd give you the option to stack orders into a single shipment. Something I plan on doing soon but probably won't be implemented until April. Thanks again for everything, I'll update you all as soon as I can :).
 
[quote name='goomba478']
As for website updates, the next thing I'm considering is to have a "I want to combine this order with a previous order" option on the site where you can put in your past order number to combine invoices. This would mean I'd have to manually combine them but it'd give you the option to stack orders into a single shipment. Something I plan on doing soon but probably won't be implemented until April. Thanks again for everything, I'll update you all as soon as I can :).[/QUOTE]

Boy, I could only imagine using this...

System:"Are you sure you want to combine these 43 orders?"

I could see how it would be useful if you could make it automated though where it will combine the orders, recalculate shipping, and generate a new text invoice to send to the customer and you. (Or useful for people who want to combine 1-3 orders and not 23 like me, lol)
 
LOL well gsrce, it'd start off as a manual process (like all my site's features) and gradually build itself up to be automated.

So for instance if you had an order with us on file that hadn't shipped and you placed a new order it would say "You currently have an order being processed, would you like to combine them?" or something to that effect. Then it'd show you the current orders/items you have in queue and it would let you choose which group to add them to. We'll see though :) Like all things, you gotta start somewhere.
 
[quote name='goomba478']LOL well gsrce, it'd start off as a manual process (like all my site's features) and gradually build itself up to be automated.

So for instance if you had an order with us on file that hadn't shipped and you placed a new order it would say "You currently have an order being processed, would you like to combine them?" or something to that effect. Then it'd show you the current orders/items you have in queue and it would let you choose which group to add them to. We'll see though :) Like all things, you gotta start somewhere.[/QUOTE]

That makes sense, and I'm sure it will get a lot of use from people who want to combine 1-2 orders =D

On another note, I just sent a Direct Request that would need to be purchased by tomorrow night. Yes, DR is a rarity for me, but gohastings sucks and doesn't like Canadians. If you have a chance to get to it then great, but don't go out of your way if you're still as busy as I think you are.

Thanks =)
 
Hi Goomba,

I sent you an email a week ago about my sennheiser headset. Can you take a look when you get a chance?

Thank.
 
Hey Goomba, just dropped by to say congrats on your baby (better late than never)! I haven't made use of your services in awhile, hopefully that will change soon =]
 
Hey goomba, have been a year since i used your service lol... Anyway congrats on your baby :)

Anyway i've placed an package forwarding order :)
 
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hey goomba, the weekend is over and I still have not heard back from you on this:

"I emailed "[email protected]" you yesterday about Order Number: 1538687064 and will post here as well:

I would have paid right away but I am unable to modify the current paypal amount indicated when I entered this order - I have a credit of $106.50 so please invoice me with correct amount and I will forward payment by paypal."

Can you you look into this

Tx,
James
 
Just got back from work and errands so I will be home doing GFC stuff the next 3-4 days straight. I'll try to answer as many Emails and PM's as I can today and throughout the week :) My priority has been getting orders placed and packages shipped out but I don't want to leave you in the dark so I'll do my best to answer. Thanks!

Fei.Jai, I mailed you the Amazon Gift Card to your Email on file. Let me know that you've received it :) Thanks.

tvbppc, I Emailed you the invoice for the difference in shipping. Your item is in but requires $4.00 more for shipping. I'll get that out to you as soon as I get your payment for the rest :) Thanks buddy.

CaptainKishimoto, thanks a bunch. Things are going really well for us so far with the baby so here's to hoping it stays that way :) The little guy is so cute and really well behaved (most of the time) haha. Thanks again.

shadowjeff, thanks a million. For a while there it felt like the baby wouldn't ever come (he was nearly two weeks late) but things are going good now. I've processed your order as well ^_^.

JamesX, in the future please Email us at [email protected] instead. The order-form Email is for our automated system and isn't one we can actively reply from. Sorry about that. I will look into your account for you but I am pretty sure the credit was off after the return, but I'll look into that and Email you privately. Thanks again.
 
[quote name='goomba478']Just got back from work and errands so I will be home doing GFC stuff the next 3-4 days straight. I'll try to answer as many Emails and PM's as I can today and throughout the week :) My priority has been getting orders placed and packages shipped out but I don't want to leave you in the dark so I'll do my best to answer. Thanks!

Fei.Jai, I mailed you the Amazon Gift Card to your Email on file. Let me know that you've received it :) Thanks.

tvbppc, I Emailed you the invoice for the difference in shipping. Your item is in but requires $4.00 more for shipping. I'll get that out to you as soon as I get your payment for the rest :) Thanks buddy.

CaptainKishimoto, thanks a bunch. Things are going really well for us so far with the baby so here's to hoping it stays that way :) The little guy is so cute and really well behaved (most of the time) haha. Thanks again.

shadowjeff, thanks a million. For a while there it felt like the baby wouldn't ever come (he was nearly two weeks late) but things are going good now. I've processed your order as well ^_^.

JamesX, in the future please Email us at [email protected] instead. The order-form Email is for our automated system and isn't one we can actively reply from. Sorry about that. I will look into your account for you but I am pretty sure the credit was off after the return, but I'll look into that and Email you privately. Thanks again.[/QUOTE]

Did you get a chance to get in on the DR I had sent before the sale ended? =)
 
gsrce, sorry but I didn't get to it in time. Your order didn't have any payment associated with it so my system didn't even notify me of it (I didn't know of it until I saw your post today). The thing is, even with the 30% coupon, they still charged $8.00 for shipping which sort of killed the deal in my eyes. If you want the items for those prices you could probably find very close elsewhere. I can shop around for you if you like :).

Hockridge, thanks and yes the 3G Kindle is every bit as wonderful as people say. I love those things =) I hope you love it! Thanks again.
 
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