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The quickest, easiest way is to buy from reputable online dealers, but you're going to pay spot + whatever premium the dealer charges and that premium will vary based on supply / demand, what types of bullion they want to purchase and how readily convertible back to cash it will be down the road. There's generic bullion and there's premium bullion because of the mint and/or quality and there's bullion that's premium because it's popular with collectors. Tell your friend to start figuring out which on-line vendors have the lowest premiums over spot and shop there. Premiums for generic silver are lower the larger the block of metal is.
Your friend can get a quick, high level look at [Find Bullion Prices](https://findbullionprices.com/compare-bullion-prices.php) to get an idea of the spread. Keep in mind though that the prices are always marked "as low as", so premiums will be higher on smaller orders. You'll also be paying more if you use debit/credit cards and paying less if you're willing to do a wire transfer. Dealers are also swamped with new orders, so it may be up to three weeks before you get an order. That means if you pay $80 for an ounce of silver, by the time it shows up it may be worth $95 or it may be worth $60. Silver has been making headlines which has driven up the number of people trying to FOMO stack it in addition to normal stock market stuff which means that silver pricing is volatile, so that's part of the risk.
If your friend wants generic bullion, for example, the lowest spot + premium on that page is $8092 for a 100oz bar. It would be $8142 for the equivalent weight in 10x 10oz bars and $8195 in generic 1oz rounds.
If they want something that is easier to liquidate, American Silver Eagles and Mexican Libertads are always in high demand but, since those are desirable, they come with a premium. The equivalent 100oz in ASEs would be $9301 per Find Bullion Prices.
Beyond that, you can get into mixed metal / currency silver, usually called "Junk" or "Constitutional". There's premium junk like Mexican Onza "Scales" and various pesos which seem to be running above spot due to collectability or less premium junk like pre-1964 US coins. US Constitutional / Junk silver seems to be running below spot right now, so it can seem like a good deal, but it's 90% silver or 40% silver and may be hard to resell depending on how backed up refineries and local metals buyers are. The buyer also needs to know which junk silver is silver and what the cutoff dates are for that. You can get a $10 roll of 90% pre-1965 silver quarters and it should be worth about $550 (a little below spot), but a $10 roll of 1965 quarters is worth $10.
Local dealers might cut you a deal if you're buying a lot at once and they may have lower premiums if you can find a good one. All the coin shops / precious metals places around me are charging $8-10 ABOVE spot price for generic and more for premium. Local shops are also going to pay you as far below spot as they can, because they're running a business.
Or if they want to deal with direct sales, there's always /pmsforsale here on Reddit. Good community, nice people and if you follow the rules, you're unlikely to get scammed. It is the Internet though and you're going to be paying with things like Zelle and Venmo, so if you do get got, you may have limited recourse. There's also a LOT of new people there, as you may imagine, and that's driving up the prices to the point that it's getting very close to the same prices as some of the reputable online dealers.

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