My two cents on Honest Ed's: claustrophobic and entertaining.
Yes, it's a maze in there. As soon as I descended my first staircase an inkling of paranoia set in; how was I going to find my way out? You're assaulted by wave upon wave of handwritten price tags and kitschy merchandise that you don't know where to begin as staircase after staircase beckons you to a new section of the store. The air is stale and the lights are fluorescent and yet you keep on walking, looking for a door that says 'exit' but keep running into bin after bin instead.
I tried to stop worrying and started enjoying myself for a bit. Gotta say, I found the store pretty amusing. You never know what second-grade crap people try to get rid of, and its fun to see what some people actually buy. The signs all over the store encouraging customers (you lucky thing, you!) are hilarious, and I think I spent more time taking a look at the old show posters and actor headshots than I did looking at actual merchandise.
Honest Ed's is definitely an experience. Despite my slightly exaggerated sense of claustrophobia, I had fun. You run into the thriftiest bargain hunters and find the weirdest things for sale, and the occasional "hey, this is pretty good" deal. Fun to be had for all!