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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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Wow, that's quite impressive. Hopefully everyone that asks, gets a copy. I mean, there's 8 copies of SFIV per console. I'd be all over this if I didn't buy the game a few days ago.
 
Yeah spzero, I'm working as hard as I can to get everyone a copy. The problem is I got 30+ requests and only 16 copies.=P Good luck everyone!
 
matsam, yes that is your Wario Land copy :) Good eyes lol. I will be sending out most of these on the weekend after the big Poker tournament ends Saturday night. Thanks for your patience guys. I promise I'm keeping good track of all your orders ^_^ Off to work now, cya!
 
just out of curiosity, how much was everyone's total for the SFIV copies? I clearly won't get a copy from this sale, but I hate paying more for an item I could've got for cheaper hehe.
 
Oh that sucks... Weren't you the one that posted the deal and asked for it first?

Oh well. Hopefully he finds more copies or something like that.
 
[quote name='game_fanatic']just out of curiosity, how much was everyone's total for the SFIV copies? I clearly won't get a copy from this sale, but I hate paying more for an item I could've got for cheaper hehe.[/QUOTE]

I paid directly through paypal (without credit card) so it was $26.50 US.. converted using Paypal's horrible exchange rate it was $29.61 CAD total.
 
I wasn't the one who posted the deal, I was the second to inquire, I believe, but I'm not too worried about it; games drop in price as time goes on, and I don't have the coin to buy SFIV and a Fight Stick, so I can definitely wait! The MSRP is around $50 now, so it's slowly but surely dropping heh.
 
yeah i noticed that spzero, I guess I jumped ahead on the posting, and I was going to edit my post, but frankly I was far too lazy haha...I was hoping it would just sliiiide past everyone's radar, but the CAG community is way too observant haha
 
haha Afrodiziak, thanks a ton. I don't know if I can take credit for that. I'll settle for coolest person in Connecticut though :)

As for those who didn't make it into the original batch of SFIV's just hang in there. There's still hope. I had a few cancellations (believe it or not). A few people that requested PS3 copies when they meant to request Xbox 360 versions (which I have less requested) and such. I will work it out to you. If you get an invoice from me you are pretty much golden :) When all the dust settles I will perhaps make a list of those who were lucky enough to get copies or something. Keep in mind that I may very well be able to get you used copies very cheap as well (especially if Gamestop has another sale or coupon for Xbox 360). Hang tight my friends!

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Also: I just got sent home a little early today from work so I am continuing to pack items that have come in. Yesterday I had almost 30 packages from UPS so almost all the items you have requested lately have come in. As usual, you will receive an Email from me when they ship. Please do not spam me with "Is my item in yet?" as I can't respond to all of these (main reason my PM box keeps filling up). Just hold on :) I have my system down to a science now. I am going to make a lot of headway today. Thanks guys!
 
** Important Question **

I received payment from someone named "Adrian" on Paypal (last name left off). You left your payment field blank though so it just says you sent me $28.00 and I wasn't entirely sure who you were as your Email address didn't match any of my customers on file. I'm assuming you use a different username/Email for your request than you did for your payment. Please just let me know who you are :) I sent an Email to your email address. Thanks!
 
[quote name='goomba478']haha Afrodiziak, thanks a ton. I don't know if I can take credit for that. I'll settle for coolest person in Connecticut though :)

As for those who didn't make it into the original batch of SFIV's just hang in there. There's still hope. I had a few cancellations (believe it or not). A few people that requested PS3 copies when they meant to request Xbox 360 versions (which I have less requested) and such. I will work it out to you. If you get an invoice from me you are pretty much golden :) When all the dust settles I will perhaps make a list of those who were lucky enough to get copies or something. Keep in mind that I may very well be able to get you used copies very cheap as well (especially if Gamestop has another sale or coupon for Xbox 360). Hang tight my friends!
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Yay, keeping my fingers crossed :)
 
[quote name='goomba478']** Important Question **

I received payment from someone named "Adrian" on Paypal (last name left off). You left your payment field blank though so it just says you sent me $28.00 and I wasn't entirely sure who you were as your Email address didn't match any of my customers on file. I'm assuming you use a different username/Email for your request than you did for your payment. Please just let me know who you are :) I sent an Email to your email address. Thanks![/QUOTE]

That is me. Yea kind of got too giddy about the deal and I sent it without reviewing it :|.
 
It's all good Adrianchan56. I just PM'd you. I need your mailing address ^_^ After you let me know that, I'll be all set to mail out your game. Thanks again for your order :)
 
Hahhahah, Paypal just sent me some spam.

Hello _________,

Are you tired of US retailers who won't ship to Canada? No problem! Get it sent today with MyUS.com - the first and largest package forwarding service.


Let's see, if you want a 1 pound package shipped there's a $10 fee + 5-10% + $37.69 shipping :lol: So if you wanted in on the SF4 deal, they could've done it for a meager $70 :cold:
 
I got that thing too ragnar. Yeesh. I almost hope they try to shut down goomba so then we can all spread the word to our local news stations about the eBay monopoly and then we can shut them down for good and oh my god i need to stop dreaming x.x

Hate PayPal so much.
 
No doubt firestorm. What the f is up with their conversion for the canadian dollar. They are trading it at .89 where todays value is at like .92

In any case, Goomba, your money has been sent through paypal. Got everything verified so its all good.
Thanks again for your service and patience.
 
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Goomba have you heard of, or even have/had a copy of a game called Demons Souls? It's and RPG for the ps3 that is released in asia and maybe some other places, but is in english. I really want to get a copy of it, apparently it's an amazing game.
 
I know, but it's so long away I don't think I can pull through, even though I'd end up buying the NA one to be on the NA servers
 
You can call this serendipitous, but if you pre-order the game now (standard or limited), you will be given an art book and the game's 71-minute soundtrack! This link is taken from VideoGamesPlus:

demonsouls_cd_bonus.jpg
 
Ya, i saw that too. Im having a hard time deciding what to buy. This or Dragon Age: Origins.
Demon's Souls comes out on Oct. 6 and Dragon Age on Oct. 20.
I heard really good things from Demon's Souls but its hard as a mutha, and ok things from Dragon age but you never know til its out.
 
Ragnar14, that's awesome (and horrible at the same time) LOL. I would love to challenge them on the "first of their kind" claim they make as well. What a joke =P This is why I need you guys to help me grow so we can crush the competition that is eager to rip you guys off more than the original companies in the first place!

Firestorm, so wait, is this something that is actually owned by Paypal? Or is it just a company that is advertising through Paypal's ad services. I have to look into this lol.

strife18, awesome! Thanks so much for working it all out ^_^ Glad you were able to get confirmed and skip out on some of the fees. We'll work it all out :)

Bryce, yes I know all about the game and I hear it is very good. As others mentioned the US version is going to include the art book and full soundtrack, so for me it'd personally be waiting for, but it's up to you. Let me know which one you want and I'll be more than happy to snag you a copy :)

game_fanatic, yes this one is available in the US too. Chances are my prices will be lower than VideoGamePlus' but I'd be happy to compare :)
 
I got that Paypal email as well. I looked at the prices and holy bonsai, it is ridiculous. For a .2 kg package it was something like $30 for the basic service alone. I don't think you have anything to worry about goomba, at least not for your target audience :)
 
I guess I should just wait for the NA release, because they're is going to separate servers.
And game_fanatic thanks for the pre-order info.

Hell maybe even Eb Games will have a T3G1F deal for it.

 
Strife18, yeah their fees are astronomical. It is amazing to me they have stayed in business for 12 years with what they charge. Makes me think that I really need to get my debt paid down and do this full-time =P I don't think any of my competition comes close in price or value to what I can offer. Imagine if I didn't work 60 hours a week at a day job? Man, I could be a serious force to recon with.

Think about it: CheapyD started Cheapassgamer with little or no money at first and just did what I did basically, grew on gaming forums and such. These days he owns one of the most successful gaming sites around (at least in terms of member users and general ad revenue). Definitely motivating :) Think Win/Win and almost any business can really take off. *Crosses Fingers*
 
** Orders Mailing out Tomorrow Morning: **

This is a section that I'm working on for the site (called "Our Most Popular Orders") to give buyers an idea of what people have been ordering on the site. It is a long way away, but it gives you a chance to be a little bit voyeuristic in what people are ordering. I will not list who has bought them ^_^ Just for your info and viewing pleasure. As usual, if these are your items you will receive Emails to let you know the customs form number and shipping date, etc. =

1) Watchmen: Special Edition/Director's Cut (Blu-Ray) + Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter (Blu-Ray) + Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Blu-Ray)

2) Okami (Wii) + God Hand (PS2) + No More Heroes (Wii) + Rogue Galaxy (PS2)

3) Growlanser Generations + Bonus Items (PS2)

4) Tales of the Abyss + Rare Foil Laser Cell / Card (PS2)

5) Tales of Vesperia (Special Edition) (Xbox 360)

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Just a taste of the wonderful items people are ordering. Mostly video games lately but there will be a lot of interesting other things for sure ^_^
 
Hey Goomba, just making sure that Valkryia Profile 2 is actually going to be shipped (you already have the copy according to my invoice... from GFC YAY!) because you didn't list it :p

Oh, by the way... Apparently on my silent hill thing... paypal never started my damn transaction! So i waited two weeks and was going to send it and BAM... it doesn't exist.
 
Since it may take a freaking while Goomba... Could you (if you didn't get my last message and havn't already) order the 4 games on my last order? Apparently the ones I listed last time are already bought, and unfortunately... I got to wait ANOTHER 2 weeks for this stuff to transfer...
 
Just a heads up Goomba. The PayPal refund has FINALLY showed up in my balance 10 days later and I have immediately sent you the money again, this time as a "gift" Should have gone to your personal account. Thanks again for ordering the LP for me right away. Hopefully won't have that hassle with PayPal again, sorry to put you out for so long.
 
RoganSarine, I'm still waiting for your copy of Valkyrie Profile 2 (only game that hasn't shown up from the original order) so I'm just going to mail the other games to you now and send that one when it comes in. I can't order any of your other games because I literally have no extra money at the moment. All the extra money this month went towards paying my car taxes for my town ($700 USD...OUCH!), rent and bills. I will get some money in a few weeks from the Poker Tournament but not until the middle of August :( so until I get your payment unfortunately I can't order anything else at the moment.

CrushEm, that's great! Sorry it took so long there buddy :) I got your payment (with no fees ^_^) and will try to ship it out to you Friday or Saturday. Thanks again!
 
He's one busy dude. He'll get to ya in due time.
Remember, he is doing us a huge favour by providing this service, so lets try to be patient.
 
Read Goomba's posts for the last 2 or so pages.
If you want a quick answer, I believe he got a bunch, and sent invoices to the first however many people he had games for. If you hadn't received an invoice yet, you do not have a copy held for you. Of course there is always a chance if you were wanting the PS3 version as some people accidentally requested ps3 versions instead of the 360 and therefore cancelled. So he may send out more invoices whenever everything is straightened out.
 
Hey Goomba, then I guess I will use my credit card and you can just refund it (since refunding does refund all fees right?) back to my card when my debit clears.

Wait, when you refund something it does refund back to the card right? Not back into my paypal balance?
 
Guys, I am at my casino's new netbar and am going to be home in an hour or so.

To answer the majority of your questions, I have one more day in the week-long tournament here and I have been unable to keep up with the 100+ Direct Requests (DR's) this week. If you didn't get an invoice from me, I will try to complete them today. Next week will resume to normal, so I do apologize.

RoganSarine, you can use your credit card now and I will refund you when you pay with the direct funds. That's totally fine. It goes back to your Paypal balance though as far as I know. I don't think they put it back on your credit card directly.

See you guys soon. I'm outta here :)
 
ichit4k4_set0, I sent out an invoice to you. Did you not get it? Please let me know and I can resend it for you. I sent it out as soon as I got it a few days back.

telepathy, your items are going out tomorrow morning. I had to get some extra padding and better packaging for them :) You will receive some emails tonight ^_^
 
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