You're upset because a Muppet got held in the spotlight, to be scrutinized by his peers. You feel that this ordeal should have been handled between friends.
I'll give you the point that we didn't need to know the personal details. My guess is Steve was very hot under the collar and lapsed in discretion.
However, the Classified section wouldn't be able to operate without a strong bond of trust between seller and buyer. The only more crucial link in the chain being money and product.
Dadano (seller) broke that bond with Steve (buyer) and was taken to the mat for it.
The Classifieds are a great addition to the bbs and I hope this one instance doesn't cast a negative light on the whole thing to HTC.