I'm afraid you're incorrect. A code of conduct was established here :
http://www.pre-cert.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=31365
Last night I received PMs from a seller asking me to acknowledge that I had received anonymous bid information from him to validate his sales thread. Unfortunately, I had long since gone to bed and thus he didn't get any response.
All this could have been avoided if the sticky sales thread had been read, understood and utilized by the buyer.