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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. That list of creative ideas from a month ago becomes a frantic late night trip to the mall. So just a reminder that a Mail Order Mystery is a perfect last-minute gift. At this point we can’t deliver 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...
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2022 Holiday Shipping Dates
Read more →If you are planning to order a Mail Order Mystery as a holiday gift we want to help you time its arrival. 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...
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Why We’re NOT Having a Black Friday (Or Cyber Monday) Sale (Again)
Read more →It's become a bit of a holiday tradition here at Mail Order Mystery. We're not doing a Black Friday or Cyber Monday sale this year. In fact, we've never done one.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, competing to be heard above the noise.So you won't see us artificially increasing our prices so we can look like we are offering great deals for one weekend of the year. We won't make you buy...
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GIFT ALERT! Cool New Stuff at the Mystery Emporium.
Read more →If you're visiting our website you likely know all about our mystery experiences, but did you know we also have a whole line of great gifts featuring the beloved characters from all five of our mysteries? If you know a kid who has done one of our mysteries or will be doing one soon, they would love a gift from our Mystery Emporium. And we just added some super cool new products. Since we launched our newest mystery Escape the Master Loop, we've recieved a ton of requests from people looking to buy some of the gorgeous artwork from the mystery. Well, now you can!...
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We made THE LIST! This recommendation is kinda a big deal.
Read more →We are SO EXCITED to be included in this year's goop Holiday Gift Guide. Goop is kind of a big deal. Founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow, goop even has its own series on Netflix. When the goop gift guide was released a few days ago it was covered by People, E! News, New York Magazine, The Independent in London and it trended on Twitter. Yes, we know a lot of people are talking about some of the more outrageous gifts like the hair dye for dogs, the gold plated AirPod chain, or the, ahem, not for family audience recommendations (really, you are going to have to check these ones out for yourself). On the kids list we are alongside...
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How to Order as a Holiday Gift 🎁
Read more →If you are planning to order a Mail Order Mystery as a holiday gift we have three words for you: DO NOT WAIT. Supply chain issues have improved over the past year, but our suppliers are still running out of things we depend on, like colored paper and odd sized envelopes. Also, Mail Order Mysteries are personalized and packaged with care. We only have so many hands and we won’t take more orders than we can personalize and ship. So if we hit the limit of what we are able to process and package, we will have to put up the...