Well he should bought it with the blue check for authenticity guarantee. They’re not all scammers, your friend is just dumb and should’ve done his research, That’s his fault.
Saying he should have paid more makes sense and it doesn't. Yes and no. The thing is he bought off ebay and could have easily returned it for not as described and then called customer service and provided more info just in case, and got all his money back. Which he did. Imagine that. He wasnt actually scammed. We were with the title