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October 2023 by Alaina
I’ve come to this bookstore several times and usually have a fine experience. However, I went in last Wednesday for what I thought would be a simple exchange for a laptop case. My first cashier explained that we would have to refund my original purchase to purchase the new case rather than just exchange, which was fine. We decided to just do a gift card refund since I would immediately be spending the funds anyway. My first cashier was very nice and helpful, but I guess something went wrong with the refund and she called who I assume was a supervisor or shift lead, Bryan — his behavior was actually so concerning that I noted his name to report the behavior. He messed with the computer for a bit, and then seemed to get very angry that it wasn’t working properly. I completely understand frustration when working in these kinds of environments, however, losing your temper so drastically in front of customers should not be acceptable. He quickly got so angry that he hit the computer aggressively in front of me. As someone who I, again, assume has some level of leadership at this company, he should be aware of how he comes across to customers and what kind of environment he is creating. The difficulty with the gift card was obviously not ideal for anyone involved, but the way in which he chose to handle the situation in front of a customer — and employee, for that matter, because I can only assume this isn’t the first time he’s behaved like this — was unacceptable and frankly concerning. Hope this is dealt with.
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September 2023 by bashar mraish
Amazing gift shop, all items are branded with UCSD.
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April 2023 by Chris Reavis
Great selection and blue 84 shirts are super soft.
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April 2023 by Stephen Frambach
The headset I bought was unusable and the store would not allow me to return them 20 minutes after my purchase. I was not refunded my 40 dollars nor compensated in any way. Horrible experience.
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March 2023 by Partha Shankar
It's okay. Nothing special. Maybe a bit expensive? But isn't that to be expected from college stores? The employees are all super nice and helpful.
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March 2023 by Timothy Blackmon (Tank)
Nice bookstore with lots of UCSD merch.
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January 2023 by Tony Wu
If you’re looking for an easygoing place to buy school supplies, merchandise, (text)books, and everything in between at UCSD, this is it. Almost everything is overpriced, albeit a public university, but the quality of products like notebooks and lanyards and the quality of service for Apple products and beyond are outstanding. Wait times aren’t very long unless you’re ordering something in person that could’ve been done online, and payment options are standard. It’s also located near Price Center, so that’s a plus. Solid bookstore.
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January 2023 by SW Choi
Coolest library.
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October 2022 by Nathan Blain
This place is awesome, don’t get me wrong. The reason for the 2 star review is the fact that they exploit that students have very little choice in shopping here. For example, I did not bring a car to campus. Everything is extremely overpriced, except for the electronics (which are wildly expensive in their own regard). I’ve heard people use the term UC Scam Diego. For a school to charge sometimes 25% over msrp for items us students need for class such as iclickers is absolutely absurd. I’m reviewing the bookstore with my real name because I want to see change and I’m willing to talk in person.
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July 2022 by Alex Hernandez
I wish they would update the website to make online shopping better. I’ve been looking to purchase a hoodie but they only have a couple styles online on random sizes but at the actual store there’s a lot more of inventory. This is a dealbreaker as someone who can’t go to the bookstore as an alumni that doesn’t live in the area
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July 2022 by Ferris Bueler
SGI wuz sold here now it is more generic for mass influx of regular normalcy dependency as evidenced by other google reviews taken down by greed where are you now friends from before i am social repellent
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July 2022 by Dale Donchin
An overwhelming selection of merchandise, books, supplies, clothes, etc. Helpful staff.
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May 2022 by Novus 1
It's a gift shop, what are you expecting?
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March 2022 by Kaycee G.
Be careful to not get scammed. They place unnecessary notebooks in such a way that they seem to be required for the class.. Just wasted 97$ on a useless non refundable techniques manual when the only notebook really necessary was 9$. As if ucsd wasn't expensive enough.
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November 2021 by Daniel Miles
Somewhat expensive, but is a surprisingly big store with a lot of tech, school supplies, etc.If you are ordering online, they have clean pens to sign it.