Then he's an innocent babe and wrong, or a liar.

On second thought maybe he's qualified his statements some kind of way, but that's really beside the point.

What happens if you buy "A Ledger" on eBay is that you get something that might look like a Ledger, and it might act like a Ledger, but it might actually be something very different.

There was a con recently on eBay concerning Trezor IIRC which involved "last minute instructions" included with the package shipped to the gullible mark. Several people lost their funds on that.