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Canada Post Strike - Shipping Options Available
Read more →This information only applies to orders being shipped to Canadian addresses. Orders to the United States are not affected. On September 25, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) started a full national strike. This means that Canada Post’s operations are currently shut down. At this time no new mail is being accepted and any items already in the system will be held until the strike is over. We are still able deliver mysteries depending on which delivery method you choose: ALL IN ONE BOX(Installments packed together and shipped in one package)We are continuing to ship "All in One Box" orders...
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Avast ye salty sea dogs, lend me yer ears! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Read more →If ye sorry landlubbers haven’t heard, today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. This is fer reals, yar! We’ve been talking like pirates since 1995 when a pair of ol’ chumbuckets by the names o’ John Baur and Mark Summers proclaimed it to be so. Aye, many say tales o’ hidden booty be naught but lost to the tides o’ time but in the grand adventure known as Treasure Hunt!, young sprogs learn of a fearsome pirate—one who shares yer very own family name, arrr! Each Mail Order Mystery be tailor-made, and discoverin’ a pirate in yer bloodline? Well, that’s the kinda thing a...
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Possible Canada Post Strike - Shipping Options Available
Read more →This information only applies to orders being shipped to Canadian addresses. Orders to the United States are not affected. Canada Post is currently experiencing a labour disruption, the collective agreement with the union representing postal workers expired on May 22. Canada Post is currently still operating, but workers are refusing overtime which may result in delivery delays. The strike action may escalate into a full shutdown at any time. Don't worry, even in the event of a full shutdown, we will still be able to deliver some mysteries. But that is dependent on which delivery method you choose: ALL IN ONE...
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Greetings from the International Headquarters of Information - We manage magic in every department
Read more →Mail Order Mystery is a bustling place. We enroll kids in spy school, send them on noble missions, enlist them as junior detectives, help them find long-lost treasure and keep a close eye on their time traveling activity so they don’t wreak havoc on the space-time continuum. This means we have a lot of letters to manage, and we have a number of departments to manage them. If you look closely at the return address stamps of the letters we send you, you can find names like: The International Headquarters of Information: This department oversees the pirate-themed mystery we call Treasure...
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The Troll Behind the Riddles
Read more →Hello There, This is Smaul the Troll. I am a very important character in our Fairy Tale themed mystery The Enchanted Slumber. Like most trolls, it is my job to guard a bridge. And the only way you can cross my bridge is if you answer my riddles. But the problem is that no one ever tries to cross my bridge anymore, so I have to send my riddles in the mail. I send my riddles to the extraordinary kids who are trying to help me figure out how to break the spell that has been cast upon our dear...
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Our Best April Fools Pranks
Read more →We are an April Fools family. Some years we are spur of the moment and some years a lot of effort goes into our devious plans. This year we have been duly warned by our teenager that she has been working on her April Fools ideas for MONTHS. Please, if this message reaches you in time, SEND HELP! When the kids were small it was easy to go with old standbys like “Hey look there’s a dinosaur in the backyard!” A lot has transpired since then. Over the years the kids have transformed into their own formidable pranksters. April...