Glass Straw Misclassified as Smoking Accessory — Account Suspended

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Glass Straw Misclassified as Smoking Accessory — Account Suspended

Hello Amazon Team and fellow sellers,

I am writing here out of desperation and confusion. Recently, my seller account was suspended because one of my products — a simple glass drinking straw — was flagged by Amazon as a smoking accessory. This classification is completely inaccurate.

šŸ“Œ My product is just a regular glass straw designed for use with beverages. It is clear, cylindrical, and sold as part of a drinkware accessory set.

šŸ“Ž I am attaching the product images and the suspension email I received for reference.

This decision has caused my entire account to be suspended, despite the product not violating any policies. I rely on this business as my sole source of income, and now I’m unable to support myself. I have submitted appeals and supporting documentation, but so far, nothing has been resolved.

šŸ†˜ I respectfully ask the Amazon team to review this misclassification, and I’m also reaching out to the community:

Has anyone else experienced similar false categorization issues?

How were you able to resolve them?

Please help me get my account back. This situation is devastating.

Thank you.

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Seller_z3XfkorVSmnEY

Sorry, but in my book, that's not a "regular glass straw". I'm with Amazon on this one -- even if you *could* use it as a "regular glass straw".

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Seller_rI7BZIczK8iAC

Amazing, what things I learn in this forum! If I google "crack pipe" I see following pictures, they just look like your "glass straw"!

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Seller_ykhbOLKzydMPQ

If it's just a "normal" glass drinking straw, why is there a bubble on the end?

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Seller_TeK7HYTK7PiOb

Seriously?

Looks like Amazon gets it right every now and then.

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Seller_oF5HB95OyJK1x

That "drinking straw" looks exactly! like a crack pipe. Who would want to use a thin glass "straw" to in a glass that could easily shatter it, to suck up and swallow bev. and very possibly shards? Even if it is meant to drink bev. only a fool would use it.

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Seller_pP1WLqRuXala5

your personal opinions are irrelevant ....

amazon sells these items on it's platform ...

to allow the sale of glass straws by some, while suspending the account of another is wrong, and most likely, illegal

for example

ASIN B0F797BM66 and B0F24GDPW6

... let the childish downvoting begin

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on the flipside, i do have to say that your choice for a product to sell was a risky one and you must have realized this from the beginning ... how others get away with selling what is obviously a glass pipe is beyond me

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P.S. for everyone calling this a crack pipe, it is not .... this is a meth pipe, a crack pipe does not have a bubble at the end

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Seller_bBJLl4tDFyxgd

search amazon for "glass drinking straws with bubble"

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Seller_SJRMV3s4mNrFA

Why does a glass "straw" have that bubble at the end with a hole in it. It looks like every glass meth pipe that has ever been found. I have metal straws that I use...they don't have pipe ends

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Seller_ElNLVxVohDOit

Edited: I see Amazon does sell these as straws for bar drinks and smoothies, so I'm not sure why you are on their radar....that said, I still feel like it's just a way to get around paraphernalia restrictions lol

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