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Need a Plan For Valentine’s Day?
Read more →Valentine’s Day is supposed to be about romance, right? Candle-light, flowers, a dinner out...But this continues to be a time of adjusting expectations. Dinner will be at home this year. We think maybe we have some candles in the cupboard, but we don’t even know if flower shops are open. Ok sure, maybe dinner is not so romantic with the kids at the table. But there is more to love than romance and we are happy to share a fancy dinner with our kids. In fact, this Valentine’s Day, we are going out of our way to show the kids...
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COVID-19 Shipping Update
Read more →COVID-19 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. SHIPPING DELAYS Both USPS and Canada Post are experiencing delays in the delivery of packages due to unprecedented volume and limited employee availability and other operational limitations due to COVID-19. The situation has improved considerably since the beginning of the new year, but we are still seeing fairly regular delays that range from a few additional days in transit to delays of a week or more. All of our mysteries...
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Our Mysteries Are the Perfect Last Minute Gift
Read more →As parents, we know this is a hectic time of year. Despite best intentions it’s easy to fall behind on holiday gift shopping. Especially in the middle of a pandemic.So just a reminder that a Mail Order Mystery is a perfect last-minute gift. At this point orders sent out with standard shipping likely won’t arrive before Christmas. But after you place an order, you can download a special gift note that you can print out (or even email) letting a child know that they’re about to receive a Mail Order Mystery. Give them the note as a gift and their mystery should...
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Holiday Shipping Dates
Read more →We are now past the dates we recommended ordering by for delivery before Christmas. But a Mail Order Mystery still makes a great last minute gift. After you place an order, you can download a special gift note that you can print out (or even email) letting a child know that they’re about to receive a Mail Order Mystery.And because we’re currently shipping all mysteries “All in One Box” you get all of the installments at once so they can be doled out as quickly (or slowly) as you choose. ------------------------- These are the dates we recommend that you order by so that your...
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Keep Family Connected With a Mystery
Read more →As we head into this holiday season many of us are feeling the toll of living through 2020. It’s been a tough year. We miss our pals. A lot of us are choosing not to travel, many of us are back into some version of lockdown. Other than the people we live with, we may not get to be with family this holiday season.For so many of us, the best part of the holidays is being together and we are all doing our best to stay close any we can. It makes us happy when we see that families are...
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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...