Yeah,
It must be pretty much the same, the world over.
About this time last year, I went to buy some paint, to coat the walls in this workshop.

The young man there insisted that I should buy a tonne of cans of spray paint and paint the walls that way.

Now, I wouldn't make a painters helper, but I have heard of such things as a tin of paint, a tray and a roller.

I went to the store on the other side of town and got what I needed there.
Oddly enough, the guy that was selling the paint in that big-box store used to own his own paint and decorating store for 30 years, but was put out of business because he couldn't compete with the paint prices of the bulk-buying bigger stores.

Makes you wonder doesn't it?. frown