We start off fresh in our adult life being full of ideals and lets make the world a better place. Sadly it's been almost 2 decades now since I was "fresh" (out of school that is) and full of high-n-mightyness.
The reality is they have the same stuff you use every day often for much less than you're local mom n' pop.
Now I still do try to resist buying the products where I know the "slavings" has been passed on to me. But for certain other items the price can't be beat.
The store is vaguely organized chaos with far too few staff both to help you find something, fetch inventory, clean, or cash out.
I try to avoid it like the plague but my starting-artist lifestyle requires that I do something to make ends meet.