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Why is it bad to submit to a bunch of publishers at once? What are you saving it for?
I'm not Victoria but I would guess that it's a sign of an agent who has no contacts and/or no inside knowledge of the industry. An agent, upon receiving a likely submission, should be saying, "Gosh! Gail over at ReallyBigPublishing is looking for something just like this!" rather than shotgunning submissions all over hoping that someone, anyone will bite on it.
Note, too, the use of the phrase, "...often without careful targeting." An agent who sends, say, a YA novel to a non-fiction publisher or SF to a romance publisher is not doing you any favors. They're just making it likely that the next submission, perhaps your submission, gets 86'd without a reading.
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