Looks like the boys are true to their word and they have started resubmitting feeds from stores again that do not comply, so if you did not hear anything before about exemption then please keep checking google shopping and as soon as your items show again then please resubmit you application. This has come from the boys upstairs so please pass it on.
Turns out google asked them to stop sending feeds that did not fit, but obviously when we asked for exemption there was no feed to judge..lol So they seemed to have worked it out with google so get your new form submitted as soon as you see the feed from your shop on google shopping :P
Please also note that you cant have mixed items in your shop, i.e. if some have bar codes while others dont. You have to have one or the other within a given shop. So it best to divide your shops before you submit so they dont get thrown out again. Hope this helps cos its about driven me nuts these past few weeks..lol