Hey PH-ers,
I'm thrilled to share Dear Holmes, my mysterious new product.
If you've ever wanted to be Sherlock Holmes (or at least get his mail), now's your chance. Here's the Dear Holmes experience:
- Every month, you'll face a challenging new mystery to solve from the Victorian era.
- Every week, a witness or expert will mail A letter to your door with new information to help you solve the case.
- At the end of the month, Sherlock Holmes will write to you to explain the solution.
- Your mission is to solve the case before he does.
(P.S. Use the code "PH10" this week to save 10% on any order)
Hope you love Dear Holmes as much as I do (and let me know if you have any questions or feedback!)
Best,
Michael 🕵
Love the physical letter aspect. An online newsletter format would've been so easy to lose engagement. With a physical letter, you can have it around you at all times and not rely on a screen. Would love to try it here in Barcelona but the inconsistency in the mailing (7 to 21 days) may ruin the experience.
@rubes_world That's the USPS "range", because International First Class Mail goes everywhere from Canada to Pakistan. My understanding is it's fairly consistent from letter-to-letter within the same country. Definitely a fairly long delay though.
I signed up friends for three mysteries starting in December 2022. Introl letter, four clue letters (one a week) followed by solution letter. Then same for Jan and Feb. Total cluster f. The intro letter never arrived - I had to go online and print. Clue 1 of 4 came in January (for December mystery). Then clue 4 came two weeks later - no clue 2 or 3. I had them email those. Then the solution never came. Still hasn't come. And customer service says it's against policy to email it. Despite having emailed clues. Whatever. It's mid Feb now - we should be on Mystery #3 and instead I get an email saying my gift is about to auto renew for a year. Needless to say I've cancelled the whole deal. But what a mess. Customer service is polite but insistent on when the letters went out - but the few that arrived have postmarks that don't match what they said the mailing dates were. Only today did they acknowledge that December's mailings got screwed up on their end. No answer as to why Mysteries 2 and 3 never arrived. Hard pass. Shame - great concept poorly managed.
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