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No Tariffs or Extra Fees on Our Mysteries
Read more →We have said this before, but we will say it again, we love the New York Times Wirecutter for their great recommendations on every product imaginable. We are thrilled to be included on one of their lists - 32 best gifts for ten year olds. But this week we saw a Wirecutter headline that caused us some dismay: “Yes, tariffs will affect holiday shopping”. We want to take a moment to reassure you with some excellent news. If you order a Mail Order Mystery today, you will not pay any tariffs and you will not be surprised with any extra charges. We...
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2025 Holiday Shipping Dates
Read more →There are two ways to have your mystery experience delivered. You can have it packed up all together and shipped in one box, or you can have the mystery sent as separate installments mailed once a week for six weeks. ALL IN ONE BOX All six installments will be packed together in a single shipment that is fully tracked. Every mystery we send out is personalized, so it does take some time from when you place your order to when it ships. These are the dates we recommend that you order by if you would like to have your mystery delivered before December...
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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 October 9, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced that they were moving from a full national strike to rotating strikes. We are monitoring the situation and the impact on mail delivery. For now, we have resumed sending weekly letters. Please remember that while Canada Post is delivering mail in areas unaffected by the rotating strikes, they warn that customers may experience delays. Right now "All in One Box" is still the best option if you want your mystery delivered...
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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...