Bad traders

someone let me know if i'm out of line in bitching about this:

ad was placed - http://www.lfgss.com/thread48473.html
i dibs'ed and PMd
offered to transfer a holding deposit as it would be a while before i could get up to nottingham to collect/pay as well to cover the time during the usual transfer of funds from high interest savings rigmarole. holding deposit would keep bike for me and assure seller that i would actually go through with the transaction. 100quid so not an amount you'd walk away from.
no reply was recieved to my PM or the subsequent two follow ups.
the thread has not been updated to indicate that the item has sold.
so just silence from the seller.

i think it's a bit shit to advertise an item/take up space on the servers/waste potential buyer's and observer's time with ads which are then abandoned.
i hope that package is ok and the apparent abandoning of his ad isnt due to something unfortunate on his end.
if he is ok though it would be good if he would close the thread and indicate item sold or withdrawn.

package - not a bad trader as such as no trade took place, but dude - where the fuck did you go?

am i just being churlish?

Hey...if you read the thread...? he had advertised the bike to pay his rent...which is heart breaking...he dropped it to a really silly price to sell it quicker...and you ask him to hang on a week or three whilst you get money from your high interest super saver we'll kick your arse around the park and scream and moan if you pull it out to quickly like a virgin on a first date account...
rather than be rude to you...he just didn't answer, which is valid option. I have bought loads of things here, and have let some people down. Partly due to me having a really bad short term memory (fractured my skull when I was 16) which is exacerbated by weed smoking, and if i don't deal with things immeadiately or write them down ...they just drift off into the ether, as a general rule I don't do too bad...though some people I have pissed off and not intentionally either, just circumstance really.
Anyhow...was just putting his side of the story down in case he found his rent money and didn't have to sell his 'pride and joy' and all is well with the world and he's been riding soo much he forgot all about his ad?