And I assume you did ask prior if it was locked? Only reason I ask is because most folks who have used tuners still have no idea how the locked/unlocks work on them.
If that was the case he would have answered a phone call. Paid using paypal, but gifted to save the fees also saw he had 1k post so figured it was safe.
Lesson learned on my end, but I'm going to bug the shit out of him. Been calling his phone 3x a day and will continue to do so.