I don't know how long it took to remove it from the inventory, but it usually takes a few hours before I can add it to another organization's inventory.
If it has been a long time, the ideal is to ask them to confirm whether it has indeed been removed from inventory.
I am not a Cisco Meraki employee. My suggestions are based on documentation of Meraki best practices and day-to-day experience.
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