I did ask why 1/3 of my order was cancelled, since that's what the subject line said on the e-mails I got about it. "Not cancelled," the woman replied, "just no longer in stock, sold out."
So it's not a conspiracy, just a you-know-what-poor system. <smirk>
As Jerry would say, You are good at taking the reservation... Well, the reservation is supposed to keep the car here...

I will say that by the time I got to order, several books were out of stock that I would have loved to have.
Yes, we try to avoid deatheaters at all cost...Especially at festive gatherings!