At that point, he should just book a trip to Mexico or better yet China, and buy at less than 10% of the price.
And here I am today in the USA (visiting for 1 week of work), with what appears to be a stomach infection, and I'll have to just survive it maybe with Pepto, until I go back to Mexico, or otherwise pay a lot of money to see a GP to give me a receipt for a something that will cost me $6 USD back in Mexico ( https://www.angloinfo.com/blogs/mexico/mexico-city/more-adve... )