For the last three weeks I have had the same item pending for 7 days and then cancelled to be reordered the following day and again pending for a week before cancelling and then reordering again. I know it is usually to do with payments. However, it is a business customer who has had the order pending now for 3 weeks.

Whilst it is pending it is not available for sale, am I being cynical here wondering if another seller has the same item for sale and I am the competition to be removed?

Unlike eBay, Amazon appears incapable of accurately classifying shaving equipment as not being deadly knife blades:

ASIN: B0BQ6R4VLT, Title: Gillette Mach3 Men's Razor + 12 Razor Blade Refills, 3 Blades for a Smooth Shave, Fits All Mach3 Handles

We received the email to say, “It is your obligation to ensure that the products you offer comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and Amazon’s policies.” As Gillette owns the listing, we are unable to edit it, so we followed the appeal process and explained to Amazon how shaving products should NOT be classified as dangerous knife blades.

Surprise, surprise, we LOST the appeal with a reply stating:

We have received your request for review of the following product(s) and, after careful consideration, have determined that the product(s) does not meet the necessary criteria and will be restricted post the grace period.

Why did this happen?

The product detail page for the ASINs indicated in the next paragraph is not compliant with our policies.

What actions do I need to take?

To reactivate your ASINs, remove the prohibited content indicated below from your product detail page or provide additional evidence of compliance:

ASIN: B0BQ6R4VLT

Recommended changes to be done: need to update the attribute customer_restriction_type populated with uk_18_knife.

As a final note, it seems if you are Amazon as the seller, then this policy does not affect you, only third-party sellers. This is yet another instance where Amazon fails to adhere to its own policies.

i just don't know what to do - we sent a order out which we received all accordingly to standard procedure order sent out next day by the dispatch date and delivered to the customer - only for us to receive a message from customer 3-4 days after saying the item needs to be delivered at there new address - we explained item has been sent out days ago and to the address which is on the order invoice - but they were not having any of it as they did not have access to the old address - only to notice they opened a claim and it got granted - how is this possible - the chat and proof of delivery the address on the order sheet everything provided to the customer in black and white but clearly amazon never bothered going through the chat messages and the proof - i dont have option to appeal or nothing i think i have had enough maybe its time to close the business

I can see there is a locked thread 3 months ago with the same error I am getting, it seems there has been no resolution to the software issue.

I tried splitting my shipment into 4 groups to get a packing discount a couple of weeks ago - kept getting "1 Error- this item must be removed". Seller support were obviously no help - the usual, try a different browser etc. I gave up and packed it into one box as usual which worked fine, clearly no problem with my packed items. Annoying though, for the extra time I had spent separating the contents.

Last week I gave splitting the shipment another go and no problem at all.

Today I'm back to the same error - this item must be removed. Which item??? There is no clue. Again I have wasted time splitting the contents.

@Seller_XUNeUuvrQDpgPI can see you were looking into other cases a couple of months ago - any ideas?

Anybody else managed to solve this issue?