There's gotta be a reason for it besides "just because". He didn't shoot the other guy. Love triangle? Disgruntled former customer? Drug delivery agent getting out of the business and leaving me with no mule?
I'd still rather ship it even if it is local, not only for this reason, but for the insurance if something happened. I could refund the buyer's money and get at least something from the insurance.
But yeah, as the "other guy" seeing it all play out, that'd just be too freaky. I'd be like "WTF!?!" for a long, long time.