A friend can't get hold of the Account team
First thing he should do is close down ALL duplicate tickets. Every time he submits a new one it sends him to the back of the queue. Duplicate tickets slow the process down for everyone. Just have him reply to the automated response saying that the ticket was a duplicate and can be closed.
Once 7 days has passed, the ticket number of the remaining ticket can be posted in the stick in this section. They are swamped due to the sale and due to the expansion announcement bringing in new players and old players are returning.