I don't think he says that has been done, I believe he wanted to say that if it was to be done, it would create the impression of.
My question was meant to be rhetorical. No mod would do that. It would be mentioned to the admins and it will be discussed IF it violates the rules of the forum. No mod would delete a post about bad vendor behaviour. The post might be moved to the appropriate section if it was posted in the wrong place, but not deleted.