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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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Hey Goomba, could do me another favor and watch the Tensei games or order them? I am having problems with my credit card -- for whatever reason my bank flagged it, so I gotta go figure that out and they are generally lame and make me clear it in person.

I got the funds transfering from my account -- but I don't know if I can make it out to the bank tomorrow to do a temporary direct payment (and temporarily pay the 6% and when the funds transfer refund my credit bill) via paypal. The other games shouldn't sell out, but the rogue galaxy and tensei games have me worried... Basically because they're at a good price // kinda hard to grab // I promised those 3 specifically to my brothe rfor over two years but my other seller flunked out on me.

Also, Okami is $19 from amazon -- $3 difference.. but then it should come with the rest of the amazon items:

http://www.amazon.com/Okami-Nintend..._1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1247130379&sr=8-1

Anyway, I'll officially get back to you about the credit card thing tomorrow and potentially see if I can use someone elses (it'll be hard convincing them nothing will be charged to their card since it will be refunded though).

And not to be a pain... But apparently my brother bought Tomb Raider Anniversary already and just never told/showed it to me -- so if you could remove that...
 
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telepathy, sadly only one person took me up on my offer when I had the opportunity to Pre-Order Blazblue and get the artbooks for free, but I did go ahead and order 5 of them from an eBay seller for around $50 a piece (I know...expensive...). I'm going to be offering them first come, first serve at cost on my website sometime next week hopefully. If you buy one with a few games it will soften the blow. From what I hear, the artbook is really awesome ^_^
 
Rogan, okay that's a long list of things lol but yes I can do those for you. I'll go ahead and order the Tensei games knowing that you'll follow through with your commitment. I'll remove the Tomb Raider Anniversary on there as well. Thanks! I will send you an updated invoice tonight then. Cya soon, I gotta go to work now :)
 
dancrane212, very sorry to hear about your Xbox. At least when you do get it back you'll have a great game to play on it :) Also, you sent the payment amount for my personal account but sent it to my business one. I am going to send you a money request for the difference ($1.75). Thanks!
 
** Update for RoganSarine **

Looks like the prices of your SMT games jumped up. Sorry man. If you want to send the money for them when your credit card clears I will try to get them for you if the prices come down again. At the moment the prices spiked back up to pre-sale prices. Keep me posted. Sorry but there's not much I can do about that. I was going to buy them if they were at the $30 mark, but I can't buy them at $60+ . I know you'll understand. I doubt you want to pay $60+ anyhow for Nocturne.
 
Sorry about that, I was up way to late last night so I am a little groggy. I thought that 29.50 x 6% = 31.50, mind telling me where the $1.75 is coming from?
 
dancrane212, that did include 6% sales tax for the state of Connecticut (charged to me on all Gamestop orders) but did not cover the Paypal fees. Thanks. I gotta go to work now. Talk to you soon :)
 
Wasn't the $24.50 including "$3.00 Shipping Charge + 6% Sales Tax"

$20.00 + 6%
+ $3.00
= 24.50

24.50+2(service)+3(shipping)=$29.50-$10 (Gift cards) x 6% =21.50?

On another note I remember reading that you can get free shipping if you use the code "SAVER" on the GS site. Does that work for you?

Sorry about being such a hassle. I guess it is my nature. :bomb:
 
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[quote name='goomba478']telepathy, sadly only one person took me up on my offer when I had the opportunity to Pre-Order Blazblue and get the artbooks for free, but I did go ahead and order 5 of them from an eBay seller for around $50 a piece (I know...expensive...). I'm going to be offering them first come, first serve at cost on my website sometime next week hopefully. If you buy one with a few games it will soften the blow. From what I hear, the artbook is really awesome ^_^[/QUOTE]

Thanks goomba, will it show up on twitter? I mean the update as to when u will have it available?

Edit: Actually could I preorder it from you? & how much would it cost with game?
 
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Jest, yup long time no see! I will send you an invoice within the next few hours. Thanks ^_^
[/QUOTE]

Did you forget to hit "send?" I never got it. :)
 
So I've got a question. Placed an order a while ago for some Animal Crossing trading cards, since you can't buy them in Canada but the Nintendo USA website has them at a reasonable price (considering availability). Everything seemed fine. But then the stuff I ordered arrived today and looks totally awesome!

Now I'm left thinking: "Where and how can I leave feedback to let other people know that I'm really happy with the whole transaction?"
:D
 
Goomba, I managed to get locally today a copy of Killzone and Killzone 2 for a nice price locally today. If you could take those off that should be the final changes and will reduce the bill nearly a hundred bucks if you take Tomb Raider, killzone, and killzone 2 off.

Also, if you could order Okami like I said before from amazon to save the $4 from not having to pay shipping.

I should all be set then. It should now all fit under the $232 after shipping.
 
dancrane212, it is:

$24.50 (Game + Shipping + CT Sales Tax)
$03.00 (Shipping to Canada)
$02.00 (Insurance Cost)
$02.00 (Service Charge)
$01.89 (Paypal Fee)
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$33.89 USD - $10.00 Amazon Gift Cards = $22.89

You sent $21.50 which is $1.39 short of the actual total. Make sense? Hopefully ^_^
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telepathy, I will put all new items added on the gamesforcanada Twitter from now on. No matter how small they are :) so you can be sure the artbooks will be on there as soon as they are available. The guy sent them from Massachusetts today so I should have them by Monday. You definitely can pre-order one from me if you like. Did you want a copy of the Xbox version or the PS3 version? Let me know. Thanks!

Jest, I just went ahead and sent your invoice. Hopefully it gets to you ^_^ Thanks!
 
ejamer, I'm so glad that your Animal Crossing cards got to you so quickly! I only mailed them out on 07/03 :) They took a little bit of time to get here from Nintendo, but I mailed them out next day. If you leave feedback on CAG with the link that Ragnar14 put up there, that'd be awesome. I will of course go ahead and return the favor for you ^_^ Hope to do business with you again soon :)

Rogan, okay no problem. I'll remove the Tomb Raider, Killzone 1 & 2 and edit the Okami. Expect an invoice in the next ten minutes or so. THANKS!
 
Oh okay well in that case Dan, then if you don't want insurance we're all set :) Yes insurance is always optional. I recommend it for higher-end items and such but the truth is that most of the time it's not entirely needed (only had one package lost in my 12 years of shipping). So yeah, we're all set :) Disregard the difference then.

Jest, sure thing! I was just going by what I had on record ^_^ I shall go ahead and update that immediately :)
 
Cool, sorry for all the trouble, I suppose I should have mentioned it in the payment. Well now I know for next time! Thanks for working me through it; I really appreciate it :)
 
Goomba, i want the PS3 version of Blazblue, could i have an estimate?

Edit: If i wanted to bid on multiple books to see if i could get any of them for around $40ish (ive been checking ebay a lot lately), should i just make multiple requests with all the links or would it be better to send you the links, or would it be better to just ask you to see if you could attempt to bid on any artbooks that end up being under $46?
 
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Damn. How often does it take for Nocturne to return to a normal price? -.- You've had multiple orders for it in the past... Any ideas?


I might just get it on ebay for $53 reluctantly... But $150 for both shin megami's is definitely probably not worth the endeavor... Eighty is probably around the max I would go -- once again the wait is on for another decently priced time! Man my brother is going to hate me again :p

Anywhere you know where you can get each of the Shin Megami's for around forty goomba?

Also, Goomba you ship with USPS First Class Mail International right?
 
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dancrane212, no problem :) glad we figured that one out. I thought maybe something was screwy with my head since I kept adding it up the same way lol. It's all good :)

telepathy, right now it's sold out on Amazon but other stores still have it in stock. Right now you're looking at around $73-$75 USD shipped to Canada. Might go up though if it becomes sold out everywhere (limited edition run is only for the initial run). Thanks.

RoganSarine, it seems to go on sale whenever they have reprinted it like once every 3 months or so. I can get you a used copy for less if you'd be interested, but yeah otherwise you're going to pay a little for them as they're both great games and great collector items (even the reprints). Oh and yes I ship USPS first class unless it's 4 pounds or more. Then it becomes USPS Priority Mail. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']dancrane212, no problem :) glad we figured that one out. I thought maybe something was screwy with my head since I kept adding it up the same way lol. It's all good :)

telepathy, right now it's sold out on Amazon but other stores still have it in stock. Right now you're looking at around $73-$75 USD shipped to Canada. Might go up though if it becomes sold out everywhere (limited edition run is only for the initial run). Thanks.

RoganSarine, it seems to go on sale whenever they have reprinted it like once every 3 months or so. I can get you a used copy for less if you'd be interested, but yeah otherwise you're going to pay a little for them as they're both great games and great collector items (even the reprints). Oh and yes I ship USPS first class unless it's 4 pounds or more. Then it becomes USPS Priority Mail. Thanks![/QUOTE]

If you can get me those shin megami games at a reasonably good condition with everything in them (if I remember correctly Nocturne also comes with a sound track maybe? not a big deal, but it'd be nice if it was complete) I will gladly pay/want them.

They will cost me about $45 new each from ebay (damn flippers), so anything less than that (after your $1 fee and tentatively $3 shipping) I would buy without question
 
RoganSarine, Nocturne only came with a soundtrack with the original release (I believe). The reprints do not include the soundtrack as far as I know. I will look around, but $45 shipped is actually pretty reasonable on eBay to be completely honest. Not the best price, but better than the current Amazon prices and worth it for the games (they're sooooooo good).
 
[quote name='goomba478']RoganSarine, Nocturne only came with a soundtrack with the original release (I believe). The reprints do not include the soundtrack as far as I know. I will look around, but $45 shipped is actually pretty reasonable on eBay to be completely honest. Not the best price, but better than the current Amazon prices and worth it for the games (they're sooooooo good).[/QUOTE]
Either way, is there any way you could get them for cheaper or at around the $45 range (after shipping and everything [Which is approx +$4 with the $3 shipping and the $1 USD])?

I kind of hate dealing with ebay myself since it's all around just a plain hassle.

Also, Digital Devil Saga 1 will cost me upwards of $60 USD, so is that any easier to get at a lower price point? It's like I either pay $80 CAD for that game... Or I can get the deluxe edition for 100 and sell my copy of DDS2.
 
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Puppet -- I love you. Now edit your message so hoarders don't find out XD

They had nocturne and DDS1 which is all I need. I have DDS2 I just need to reprint the cover art.

That's like the only decent deal that website has funny enough.
 
Yes thank you PuppetYuber for shedding wisdom upon my followers :) I appreciate the great community we have both here at CAG and with GFC members. You guys are great deal hunters, that's for sure!
 
game_fanatic, right now for Valkyria you are looking at:

NEW: $45 USD shipped
USED: $42 USD shipped

Thanks! I may be able to get it cheaper during the next B2G1 sale from Gamestop that's supposedly coming up in a week. Though, I'd need to buy another game with it to bring it down in price. Any other games you want? Let me know. Thanks!
 
Yeah I saw that B2G1F sale, and I've already started compiling potential bundles heh...also, I'm hunting around for older PS1 RPGs, such as Xenogears, Legend of Mana, Vagrant Story, FF Chronicles, Origins, VIII and IX...I think eBay might be my best bet, but if you happen to have any of those, or know of a place to get them, keep me posted! Thanks!
 
Fanatic -- Want me to keep my eyes open for those? I have seen a couple FF Chronicles and LoM's (one of my favourite games) lying around locally for reasonable prices.
 
Yeah Rogan that'd be awesome! I haven't looked around at all locally in Toronto, but online LoM seems pretty hefty...if you have any sightings let me know! Much appreciated!
 
Fanatic, a tip of advise. I would stay away from PS1 games at the moment, especially popular ones. Unless you can find those for under 20-30 dollars (doubtful), I would hold off any PS1 purchase right now! Sooner or later those popular ones, xenogear / vagrant story / legend of mana, will probably be released on PSN.
 
Hmm yeah that's a good idea Puppet, I mean, if FFVII can make its way to the PSN, there's no reason why the others wouldn't; I'm just a stickler for the packaging heh...I think FFVIII/IX/Origins/Chronicles can be had for around $30, so I may get those on disc, but the others are mondo expensive on eBay ($50+) so I may wait. Thanks for the advice!
 
Yeah, I'm a bit of a sucker for the actual discs/packaging too. I like the fact that I can play it on any system (old or new) without problems and I'm not stuck in case the companies decide to patch or change the code that makes my purchase useless. I'm all for PSN downloads and what not, but will ALWAYS prefer to have a physical copy just in case ^_^
 
same here. for me, sometimes special edition/random extra goodies these days equals instant purchase/preorder. the lunar series on the PS1 was pretty good like that. it is also what makes me sad about the blazblue artbook which was exclusive to GS.com.

oh yeah, goomba, have you sent my invoice yet? i just wanted 2 pay it asap since it's something that i found at a really good price
 
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Okay telepathy, I'm sending your invoice now. I had a lot of things to do today so I was online very briefly :) Sending in 5 minutes or so. Thanks!
 
bah I'll just ask here lol...any chance you could send me an estimate for Tales of Vesperia, Valkyria Chronicles and Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PSP) during Gamestop's B2G1F sale that'd be awesome. They should be $34.99, $26.99 and $24.99, respectively. All with the inserts and manuals, goomba-worthy, if you will! :) Thanks!
 
Sorry for the late reply to you goomba but I'm going to have to pass on my most recent request. Shipping to you + to here just got a lil too pricey for the vinyls. Oh well, can't have everything you want I suppose. Thanks for taking a look into it though. More request will be coming soon.
 
game_fanatic, the only problem is finding all three of those games in a single Gamestop may prove to be tricky. I will put an estimate for you soon though :) I have time since the sale isn't for another week or so at least.

CrushEm, not a problem ^_^ I realized that it probably would be too pricey. Thanks anyhow!

I'm off to bed now guys. Today was a long day for me :) Long week actually. Cya soon!
 
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