It’s not really about being personal. You wrote in your OP that you would check the thread, but then went by who PM’d you first. Those are two completely different things. Yes, tire kickers don’t count, but the person who made the first bonafide offer was ignored because you went with a PM, something you did not say in your post.
If you expect to have a good reputation here, you need to abide by your own rules, as well as ours.