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Why We Aren’t Doing a Black Friday Sale
Read more →Again this year, we are not doing a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale. Mail Order Mystery is a family-run business. We create personalized experiences for kids that take time to prepare. We don’t want to compromise our commitment to creating great experiences for kids in order to jump into the feeding frenzy of sales, compete to be heard above the noise, or artificially increase our prices so we can look like we are offering great deals for one weekend of the year. Mail Order Mysteries cost the same amount all year round. Occasionally we offer a small discount for our newsletter...
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Life and Other Things We Can't Control
Read more →There is so little in life we have control over, and it feels especially so right now. Each of us can make our own lists - viruses, elections, other people’s actions, our own anxieties. The Mail Order Mystery team would also add mail to that list. Having no control over the mail may not keep you up at night, but it worries the heck out of us, and every other retailer and parcel service this side of the North Pole. Please accept this as our gentle reminder not to wait to order your Mail Order Mystery this holiday season. It...
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How to Think Outside the (All in One) Box!
Read more →Our Mail Order Mystery community is thinking outside the “All in One Box”! True, some people remain sad about the fact that we have suspended the weekly letter option until the postal systems get back to their reliable old selves. And we miss sending out all those letters every week! But other people are embracing the possibilities of having their mystery sent to them all in one shipment. Check out these reviews and some of these creative ideas.These letters came by “Owl Post” and the kids had to find them:We got The Enchanted Slumber for our daughter's 7th birthday. We've had all the...
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Don't Wait to Order a Mystery This Holiday Season
Read more →Listen up everybody, because we really mean it this year: if you are planning to buy a Mail Order Mystery as a holiday gift, please do not wait.So here’s the thing. We don’t know what is going to happen, but we can imagine some scenarios. One is that this is going to be a totally normal holiday season, but we kind of doubt that.We can also imagine possibilities like these:DELAYS: The postal system in many countries continues to be overwhelmed as more people shop online. And this holiday season we expect Black Friday and holiday sales to swamp parcel delivery like...
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Let Us Help You Save Halloween!
Read more →So we got an email from a customer the other day saying she was buying her kids a Mail Order Mystery to save Halloween. We had two thoughts at the same time: that is a great idea! And wait, what!? WE NEED TO SAVE HALLOWEEN TOO! We live in a city that is slowly but surely starting to shut back down and Halloween is weeks away.If you are feeling that trick-or-treating is not an option this year, Mail Order Mysteries are an engaging, fun and fantastic way to spend a Halloween weekend. Our mysteries are filled with all sorts of outlandish...
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Shipping Options Have Changed Due to COVID-19
Read more →COVID19 continues to mess with everything, in large and small ways, and we have had to make some changes to the way we do things here at Mail Order Mystery. Like all of us, we are doing our best with what we’ve got, and we hope you can understand why we have made these changes. WE HAVE SUSPENDED THE OPTION OF SENDING WEEKLY MAIL We know that kids love getting mail. Everyone loves getting mail. But the postal system in many countries continues to be overwhelmed and letter mail continues to travel at unpredictable speeds. Mail Order Mysteries are narrative-based...