I dont think you understand. He has every right to ask a list for these shops, however whether people want to answer him or not is up to them NOT YOU.
and he did say "PM some good places in sydney" let me repeat that for you "PM some good places in sydney". let me translate that for you. It means if people DONT WANT to PUBLICLY list the shops then they can privately message him.
He said "Bad idea for me to ask this" after you've already 'downtalked' him. Pretty obvious isn't or are you just stupid?
Talking to you is like talking to a retard.