They declined stating they’d selected a prior applicant but there were zero applicants when I applied.
I don’t think that most owners are aware that we sitters can now see the number of applicants. One owner who has asked me back said she’d posted and received applicants, but I could see that she actually did not.
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I think you are absolutely correct @SoloTraveler that many owners don’t know of this change and are being caught out sometimes in their response to applicants.
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While it is possible some may be saying they got previous applicants when they really didn’t, it is possible in some cases, multiple sitters are writing applications at the same time, and one person did submit it before the other one. So while it would appear that an applicant is the first since it said zero, they may not actually be.
Maybe she had received applicants, but declined them so her listing reset to 0 applicants.