After spending some more time with Google support today, it seems I finally got someone with a brain! My blacklisted Pixel saga is outlined here/below. Google changed its story and confirmed the phone was blacklisted but not by Google. So maybe my Pixel XL fell off the back of a truck somewhere? Bummer, because it is the best phone I have ever used. Guess we will see how Swappa handles all this.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Pixel Blacklist Update