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I enjoy this narrative of "being forced" to go against ones own morals and principals by big bad companies because one just absolutely has to have a product for as cheap as possible.
You went to two stores and then straight to Amazon. That doesn't mean they have a monopoly, that means you really didn't try that hard to find an alternative.
If you think you have no other choice you are right because you stopped looking for one.
Yup, I know of a handful of local stores that would have what OP needs:
Your area will certainly be different, and there's also a bunch of online stores, like B&H Photo (and dozens more, not going to list them all).
And I'm not in a big urban area, if you're near a major city, you'll have dozens of small stores that'll sell that kind of stuff, along with some larger stores with discounted items.
Yes, asking for every damn material on facebook group of the university academic year is not suitable in the long run. Yes, there is to be one guy on my year hosting all material for free but he stopped and everybody moved to facebook groups.