News
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Power Down the Screens and Fire up the Imaginations!
Read more →Mail Order Mysteries are screen-free experiences, and now more than ever we celebrate our decision to make them that way. These last months there have been no escaping screens. School is screens, our social lives are screens, our entertainment is screens, our babysitters are screens.The one exception to our screen free mission - and we feel it is worth taking a moment to explain - is our espionage-themed Spies, Lies and Serious Bad Guys. Over the course of the mystery kids search for three digit codes, which they can enter into a basic website to get their next clue. But we...
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A Box Full of Mystery: What’s Not to Love?
Read more →We know that kids love getting letters in the mail. So do we. But like they say, trust is the cornerstone of love. And if we can’t trust the overloaded and backlogged postal system to get your Mail Order Mystery letters to you on time, in the correct order, then we won’t risk sending letters in the mail. This is why we have decided for now to make our only shipping option “all in one box”, which means we pack up all six installments of each mystery and send it in one parcel, with tracking information so you can look it up...
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We’re Back and Ready to Ship Mysteries!
Read more →We have great news for squirrelly kids, exasperated parents and distance-discouraged grandparents, uncles and aunts. Mail Order Mystery is back in business! After closing our doors for two months to protect the health and safety of our employees, all of our mysteries are in stock and available. We are, of course, proceeding with caution. Workplaces have changed and so has the world. We have made many adjustments to the way we do things and so for now at least, this is our “new normal” at Mail Order Mystery: SHIPPING OPTIONS: For now the only shipping method we have available is...
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COVID-19 Update: Mail Order Mystery Temporarily Closed for Business
Read more →Mail Order Mystery is located in the Canadian province of Ontario, which is doing what it can to help check the spread of COVID-19 by shutting down all non-essential businesses. Though your kids may disagree, Mail Order Mystery is not an essential business. So we have temporarily closed up shop and suspended sales until further notice. With the situation around COVID-19 so uncertain, we are unable to predict when we may be able to operate again. Please make sure to sign up for our newsletter so we can let you know as soon as we have any information about when...
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COVID-19 Update: We have temporarily stopped accepting new orders
Read more →With the situation around COVID-19 changing rapidly we have made the difficult decision to temporarily stop accepting new orders. We’ve done our best over the past weeks to continue sending out mysteries. We’re following public health recommendations around keeping our workplace safe. But the health and well-being of our staff is a priority and an ongoing concern, and we do not want to accept orders we may not be able to fill. We realize that this may be disappointing news. Mail Order Mysteries are a great way to bring adventure and excitement into your home at a time when everyone...
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COVID-19 Shipping Update
Read more →With school being cancelled in some cities and recommendations to practice social distancing, many of us face weeks of being cooped up with our children. Mail Order Mysteries could be a great way to keep kids entertained, and to bring some adventure and excitement into your home at a time when everyone could use a bit of fun. But with the world in crisis, we don’t know what’s going to happen in the next 24 hours, let alone the next six weeks. So we are concerned about sending out weekly letters and having the clues arrive out of order if...