does any one have any suggestions on deleting pod items in wordpress using triggers such as a button click or something similiar?
Are you still having issues with this? $id isn't the same as the pod_id.
Try this:
<?php
$id = 3;
$Record = new Pod('product',$id);
$api = new PodAPI();
$api->drop_pod_item(array('pod_id'=>$Record->get_pod_id()));