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by aarongolliver
2115 days ago
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I think this comment has the right idea [0]. Amazon has two problems with seeds: 1. people doing what appears to be a weird scam that involves seeds being mailed across boarders 2. seed sellers on amazon have been flagrantly violate import controls for years. This new policy seems to be addressing #2, which is important to Amazon now more than ever because of the increased scrutiny caused by #1 making international news. I've personally bought seeds from Amazon which were declared as "bookmarks" to sneak past US customs. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24393395 |
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Yep, I can see how the new policy can help with #2. The news post seems to be suggesting Amazon is doing it to address #1 - which the policy doesn't do anything about.