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The great thing about a free market is that both buyers and sellers can set the terms within which they are willing to do business. If a seller wants a bill of sale and the buyer doesn't want to provide the information, then the buyer is free to look elsewhere. Same if the buyer is the one who wants a bill of sale and the seller is reluctant to provide it.

I don't think that either position is unreasonable.

I do think that if the bill of sale issue is a dealbreaker for you (on either side of the issue) then you should be up front about that while negotiating the terms of the sale in order to avoid wasting people's time.