i guarantee he is not lying and is trying to cover his ass and his Amazon profits.
i am sure Amazon has something in the TOS that says spam is a no-no.
Not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but Amazon affiliate tags seem to be disappearing from a lot of pinned items within a matter of hours. I was expecting that, as Amazon links are always the first to go on social shopping sites - so they're a small fraction of what I've done there.