University at Albany Bookstore

Pricey pricey pricey! But it is a university bookstore, so I guess it's to be expected. Staff are pretty good, availability of items is alright. I don't have any major complaints! This store makes it easy to order your textbooks and return them, but fair warning, lines get LONG. I did notice their selection of other items has gone down in the past two or three years with the construction going on on campus.

As usual for a university book store, its slightly overpriced, but you're paying for the convenience. It does have a lot of small things that come in handy, like ibuprofen and headphones, again, if you're willing to pay a bit extra for having a store in the middle of campus.

Coolest campus swag. Yeah prices can be a little high here, but it’s real UAlbany campus merch. If you have no time to get a gift for a friend or running out of ideas, check this place out. Something for everyone.

Buy from the publisher, and NEVER by books prior to class. I was forced to place a dispute with my bank because they won’t cancel my order. An order I never even received confirmation existed until I called to ask where my order was. The professor had to file a complaint with them as well for not having enough copies of the book in stock, which caused the issue to begin with. Instead of processing a two day late refund, they tried to strong arm me into buying a digital copy from them instead of the publisher despite it being cheaper at the later. Save yourself the headache when life happens, and just go through the publisher.

Terrible customer service. Staff are incredibly rude and lifeless. The people who work at this waste of a store only care about themselves and it shows. Save your money and buy online or elsewhere because the Ualbany bookstore here has not only horrible customer service but overpriced prices on everything. I came into the bookstore to purchase a couple books I had rented. Immediately I was met with "oh just go online and do it yourself." What? I then proceeded to say that I came to the store for a reason. Boy the employee did not like to hear that. After trying to purchase the books myself the employee then proceeded to tell me that I was charged already. This presented a problem of itself because I explicitly told the bookstore that I planned to pay for the books in person. The guy then told me: "well, you could work it out with your mother." I swear the people you meet on this campus are some of the coldest people around. Don't waste your time on this store.

Great in that there's always books stocked for any class you need on campus. Never use for convenience food or supplies unless it's an emergency. Very overpriced like any campus bookstore. Check Walmart in Albany before buying clothes there for the same reason. There's a website to shop through them too. Never wait until the last day in finals week to hand in your books or you'll take an hour or two out of your day.

They pretty much have all the text books that are needed. And then you can pick up you're campus gears ( yeaaaa,school spirit!!)..active wears and such. Or pens and notepads. There is also candy around the register area,for your craving needs.