I know people have mentioned this before, but I can't believe how many requests are being cancelled lately. The people offering the items never even have the courtesy to send an email and explain WHY they did it!

Why bother offering a book here if you aren't going to honor a request for it? And if you do have to cancel, would it kill you to be polite and send an "I'm sorry" message with an explanation?

I belong to several book swap sites and I've NEVER encountered this problem anywhere but here. What's going on??????

I can't complain. My last cancelled request was months ago but I understand you're peeved.

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Originally posted by Sleepy26177:
My last cancelled request was months ago....

Don't tell me that, Sleepy -- you'll make me think it was something personal against me!<G> Talk about being paranoid!

Someone else just told me yesterday,(Thurs) they had a request canceled .

It could be the next villain in a Batman movie or a James Patterson book.

The CANCELOR, taking on the happy local residents and bursting their hopeful bubbles

The other day one of the book I was wishing for came up on titletrader. It was in hardback, and I only had 2 points because...well, it's been slow lately. But I took it, because I really wanted it.
Hours later, I mean like two hours later, I get an e-mail from that other swap site, saying they have that very same book for me, and would I like it?
Now mind you, I have about eleven points just gathering dust over there...and by now the TT trader has already marked it shipped. Oh well. That's my gripe. It just happens sometimes I guess.

Oh me too, Suzy ! LOL

I'll add, sometimes the other site is only 1 pt too ...... so you have to imagine I'm doing a head slap.

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... .I'll add, sometimes the other site is only 1 pt too ...... so you have to imagine I'm doing a head slap.

My head slapper is requesting a book and then realizing I already have it!

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Originally posted by GrannyGamer:
My head slapper is requesting a book and then realizing I already have it!

Could be worse. I buy a book just to see later it's already on my shelf or I requested it recently and it's on it's way.
Happened to me more than once.