STUDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY 2007 RESPONSES TO OPEN ...

652: Lower the prices.665: I believe if the bookstore carried more copies of the books729: Again, making store hours later, especially during the rush of a new semester, for thosestudents who attend in the evening and cannot take time out during the day to make itcampus.746: Later hours would help.759: The student assistants are not friendly.769: more reasonable prices or discounts770: more staff?772: I had an encounter with buying a book in ybor but the class was in brandon, SAMEEXACT BOOK but the book didnt have the CD in it so when I went to Brandon to buyjust the disc the lady working in the book store was very rude and said NO and made mebuy the whole entire book again. HCC is all the same and I think that if a student goes toBrandon or Dale Mabry, they should be able to buy the books wherever is conveinant forthem and not be put down786: lower prices, sell more used books791: Make sure the students working in the bookstore realize it is a job, and not their personalsocial time. It is frustrating to race over there from work to get books, and the clerk is toobusy talking to girls, and trying to flirt.792: I do not know.802: Put a cap on the amount of money they are allowed to charge for books, it is veryexpensive806: cheaper821: If possible lower the costs. The cost of the textbooks for my courses was almost the costof my entire tuition bill. And some of the textbooks are cheaper dirrectly from thepublisher for a regular student. My chemistry lab book cost over $100 at the bookstore,yet the publisher sells the book on their website for $75.822: improve on wait times to purchase an item during peak times823: Lower prices!885: lower prices886: nothing893: I feel they should keep the same books for the semester longer than they are now at lease4 years. All the campus should use the same books for the semester also.902: Possibly increase the ability to check more people out as far as registers go. Add somemore staff during the time classes start, but overall the bookstore is fine.911: Have the books available BEFORE classes start922: Order more books for academic courses.931: Nothing. They are doing a great job958: have sales, or christmas sales for the new semester.965: Have more people available at purchasing time so we don't have to line up for an hour.967: Offer competitive pricing for used books.970: Buyback our books, don't change editions or stop buying because there's too many instock.971: Give them a more adequate idea of how many students are taking each class as they oftenrun out of books at the start of a semester.Student Satisfaction Survey 2007 – Q61: Bookstore – Page 311