# Is anyone here getting restricted product issues with items being classified as plant seeds tonight?

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**Category:** Bots gone wild\
**Tags:** amabot, restricted, listings\
**Created:** [June 29, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/is-anyone-here-getting-restricted-product-issues-with-items-being-classified-as-plant-seeds-tonight/4285 "2024-06-29T02:24:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dogtamer](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/dogtamer/32/4766_2.png) [@Dogtamer](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Dogtamer)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/is-anyone-here-getting-restricted-product-issues-with-items-being-classified-as-plant-seeds-tonight/4285/97 "2024-07-04T04:37:00Z")

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> [@Chimanimani](#):
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> email 555 pm PST July 2
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> ![Screen Shot 2024-07-02 at 7.50.09 PM](https://sellersasksellers.com/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7eeab7624c684f116fc0c3dad56ced7f0b0e534e.jpeg)

> [@Chimanimani](#):
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> Just wanted to note that Amazon “mea culpa” email was a crafted LIE.
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> The original removal request explanation was…
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> This product has been identified as a live plant or seed product that is listed outside of the SEEDS\_AND\_PLANTS or PLANT\_SEED categories.
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> but the mea culpa says, they [the delisting warnings] were sent to items listed in outside categories as “A TECHNICAL ERROR”.
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> How can a SPECIFIC email stating the reason for the take down be anything but ON PURPOSE - not a Technical error.
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> anyway…
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> The
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> ![Screen Shot 2024-07-03 at 11.48.05 AM](https://sellersasksellers.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d7ad7cc7b04219ed73e2a6dfe7c7aa3563fd9dab.jpeg)

> [@booknut7](#):
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> Bots gonna be bots. They are technically technology.
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> Classic Amazon spin.

There’s a reason why we ourselves refrained from following the recommended course of appealing Amazon’s mistake on an ASIN-by-ASIN basis:

I’ve seen this movie **many** times before in earlier years’ ramping-up for this or that Amazon-heralded event.

Coincidence? _ **Mebbe** _ so - but given the broad abundance of available evidence (especially in recent years) on matters like this, I ain’t particularly inclined to be buying it…

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