Bad traders

I reckon he's just been a bit lazy, not posted the frame (but intends to), and is deliberately going quiet until he gets round to doing so, at which point he'll make up a fairly plausible but possibly bullshit excuse.

Goethe said:

... misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.