Sometimes when odd trends appear I like to post about them here. Part of the reason is that maybe I can receive guidance from other sellers if they experience something similar. Part of the reason is that if someone else experiences it, they can look at the message and see that others may have experienced the same thing. Most of the time the trend is nothing but a coincidence, but you never know.
Here is one such trend.
Like all sellers I will sometimes get cancellation requests right after purchase. Usually with a cursory explanation (e.g. I ordered by accident, my kid ordered it by accident). Its annoying, but what are you going to do. I always accept the cancelation and relist. I get these about once a week. However, in the past week I have gotten 5 and in four of them the buyer cancelled and then within an hour said, cancel my cancellation request I still want it. Each one was a different buyer (different locations too). Each item was different. However, the messages regarding the cancellation and the retraction of the cancellation were almost exactly the same in each one. Strange coincidence...my own good fortune...or the portents of a more sinister scheme afoot.
I will let you decide.
