STUDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY 2007 RESPONSES TO OPEN ...

588: Is it neccessary for the books to be so expensive? Buy back is never an option. In thefuture I will purchase my books from Books and more, or on Ebay.692: Have more books available, it is better to have an overflow rather than not having enough698: BRING DOWN THE PRICES OF THE BOOK AND GIVE MORE VALUE ONBOOKS AT BUY BACK TIME. THE PRICES ARE SO REDICULES IT'S A SAME. IKNOW SOME PEOPLE GO IN DEBT TRYING TO BUY THESES OUTRAGOUSLYPRICE BOOKS. IT'S NOT FAIR. AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE ALSO. THEREARE TIME TEACHER DON'T EVEN USE THE BOOK(S. THAT'S A WASTE OFMONEY. THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOOK IS GOING TOUSED INSTEAD OF BUYING THE BOOK AND DON'T GET ANY USE OUT OF IT.707: lower prices on books, paper, pencils and bookbags. it would be nice if the bookstorewould stop running out of a certain book for a class and then students have to wait for thenext shipment while attending classes.709: more supplies758: Buyback could be more streamlined so that if you purchased a book at an Hcc bookstoreyou should only be able to sell it back to that bookstore.765: Lower prices.771: Buy back all the books and not just some. For example we pay over $100 for somepaperback books and the bookstore won't buy back the books.776: nothing the staff is good at the campuses.778: it's good.834: Staff at Ybor campus often seems inconvienced to help or answer questions over thephone. Not very friendly at all. Books are way overpriced. I can often get the same booksfrom other retailers for nearly half the price.839: A more polite, and knowledgable staff.843: Bookstore helpers need to be more approachable860: Nothing877: Books are too expensive. I use Amizon.com878: Thers only been one time I remember where they didnt have anything and then theynever got it in.894: I FOUND THE PRICES TO BE EXPENSIVE AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FINDRESOURCES OFF CAMPUS THAT FILL MY NEEDS AND AT LOWER PRICES.914: When all the books of a certain subject have run out, the bookstore needs to restock! Ihad to photocopy pages from another student's lab book last semester because thebookstore never got more in.924: have the books in on time.for one class i did not have a book intell 4 or 5 weeks whenclass start926: YEA THEY DO WHAT THEY SUPPOSED TO DO BUT I THINK IF THEYHAVETHE BOOK IN USED THEY SHOULD LET YOU KNOW933: They could release the booklist a little earlier and not wait until the week of classes.Lower the prices. No book should cost $180.00.941: Make books same prices that I can recieve at other stores. Its the same book but it costmore to buy it at HCC rather than book and more942: More hours951: Make sure books are always available for purchase. My work schedule is tight and twicenow I've went to purchase books and a book has been sold out.Student Satisfaction Survey 2007 – Q61: Bookstore – Page 331