I hear what you're saying and you make a good point, so the opposite approach would be a default of assuming you do not want to cancel the order, and I have seen other retailers take that approach by sending an email about a delay, apologizing, and offering the option of canceling the order; no response leaves the order in place. Interesting point as well about it only ever happening with items purchased at a sale price. Truth is, I wouldn't really have any point of comparison because I don't know that I've ever ordered a record from Target that wasn't on sale! But I can say that I've ordered many, many sale records, and I think I've only ever had one of them canceled. It would be interesting to know how often it happens, and based on posts in this thread, my hunch is that it's limited to pre-orders for which they sell more than the stock they eventually are able to get. Has anyone ever had a cancellation for an in-stock sale item?