I had a buyer tell me I had to use an FFL to send a shotgun to his FFL (his FFL wouldn't accept it from ignorant old me). I emailed back that it was fine, but an unrequired expense being demanded by his FFL, but if he wanted to waste his money I'd comply. He wised up and found a different FFL that wasn't an unreasonable HA, problem solved.
Steve
I was given this same B.S. by someone who insisted he had to go thru a FFL to ship me 2 pistols that were clearly C&R* eligible. The FFL wanted $75 per gun plus shipping which queered the deal for me. I suspect he then bought them from the seller himself since they were reasonably priced.
*I have a C&R license.
Jim