Comments in for sale posts

I dont see how the 2 are related?
Like @boosted Said, the original add was in violation, and so where the comments

so why remove the comments but not the add itself, that seemed like a double standard to me

If the sale thread is properly done there is no need to Delete if just for comments. Just delete them. If the sale thread is not proper, contains personal information, wrong forum or worse yet, a sale in a non-sale forum, lacks photos, descriptions, price, etc the thread "may" be deleted. For me it all depends on how many rules were broken. If it only has one issue we try to get the seller to correct it. If it has a bunch of things wrong the seller needs to start over and re-read the sale rules. Also. it wouldn't be fair to the seller to delete the sale thread just because other members don't follow the "no comment" rule.
Mike, I'm sure you know what add I'm talking about
It has no pictures
It has no prices

And, if I'm not mistaken, you removed the sellers phone number from the add

That seemed like quite a few infractions to me