My College Bookstore Reviews

by Ferrarofotos

App doesn’t know you’ve signed in and empties shopping cart. I tried adding a product to my cart, then continued shopping for another item and when I put that in my cart, only the second item showed in my cart - the first was removed. MyCollegeBookstore also gets stuck sometimes and becomes unresponsive. I just used my laptop to shop instead and placed my order much easier. Also, I signed in to see the status of an order I previously placed, I clicked on the order and it wants me to sign in again. I’d also say that enticing students to download and use MyCollegeBookstore with a 20% off coupon, that doesn’t work on “online only” items - in your ONLINE store - is quite a ripoff and horrible clickbait. I’ve wanted one of your $70 hoodies for a while, but not a budget conscious choice, so I figured 20% off would be great. I guess my participation in using your app only gets full price. Oh, well. Ordered a keychain for my 6-year old daughter and got $1 off instead. Some serious programming help is needed.

by Sayounan

Do you like to press buttons that are labeled something but do nothing? Do you like pop ups? Do you like bad UI/UX? Do you like using apps that don’t bother hiding that they’re trying to sell you something or sell your data? Do you love unreliability? Do you love running into three bugs per input? Well my friend do I have the perfect app for you! MyCollegeBookstore checks all those boxes and then some with so many examples of horrible UX.

by Jazzyhours

It doesn’t load anything. When I go into my profile it says it can’t load because my location services aren’t on, so I go into MyCollegeBookstore settings and there is no location service option available for MyCollegeBookstore. And it never asked permission while loading MyCollegeBookstore for location services. Completely useless. I’ve tried everything.

by King Triumph

MyCollegeBookstore is absolute garbage. It forced me to make some new account after updating and wiped my loyalty points. Tried submitting feedback through MyCollegeBookstore itself, but all I get is a blank white box that pops up. No text, no way to submit feedback.

I've got a great solutions to this problem though:
1. JUST USE PUNCH CARDS. THEY'RE EASY AND THEY WORK.
2. DON'T BUY FROM BARNES & NOBLE. Seriously, MyCollegeBookstore is just here so they can get as much personal information from you as they can. Buy your coffee elsewhere.

by Alisson✌🏻️✌🏻

MyCollegeBookstore doesn’t work I have a textbook for pickup but every time I click the pickup button it says error and that they can’t find my order. I even try manually putting in the pickup information but it doesn’t find my order even though it shows it under my activity feed. I’ve even gotten a confirmation email from my school that the order is ready for pickup.

by Rachelrrrr

I got up to check out and pushed redeem and the whole thing just disappears but she didn’t see me push redeem at checkout even though I did it in front of her and wouldn’t honor the 5 dollars off so I literally went to the bookstore to use MyCollegeBookstore and had to pay full price. Ridiculous. Give better directions. Literally such a waste.

by Lindsaygee2011

If you leave MyCollegeBookstore and come back to it, it will empty your cart. Also, it doesn’t allow you to scroll through all of the items on some pages. For instance, I was looking for hats and had to swipe down several times for it to allow me to start scrolling through the items. It would just bounce up and down first. Several other bugs as well. I’m honestly not comfortable making a purchase for fear that it will not go through.

by IHateThisNickNamePrompt

I got MyCollegeBookstore hoping it would make it easier to keep an eye on my bookstore order. I have tried over and over to sign in to my bookstore account and it won’t even recognize that I’ve signed in. It just keeps telling me to sign in if I click on the account icon. Haven’t even had it 20 minutes and I’m already deleting it. Trying to get it sorted is more hassle than it’s worth for me.

by KweenPix8424

I got MyCollegeBookstore so that I could have an easier time seeing and buying my course materials. However, the textbook feature has a bug or something and it complicates the entire process. I have an easier time simply getting on my laptop like I was from the beginning.

by Hanbanan1213

I loved MyCollegeBookstore and used it for discounts and free drinks at my school cafe. However, after it updated multiple times it deleted my two free cafe drinks and my recent purchases aren’t listed. It’s treating my account as if I just made it when I’ve had it for 4 months

by Bellcomstock

I like MyCollegeBookstore and would like to use it to track promotions and make purchases. Unfortunately, this is of limited use for me, as I am a parent with kids attending multiple colleges. I have found no way to switch schools once the first school is selected. Help!

by Katamari9

While it helps me figure out what books I need and such, when I look at my list, it won’t scroll. It just bounces up and down if that makes sense. It doesn’t do that with my other apps

by Kween_j

I like MyCollegeBookstore so far. Came in handy when I was attending a particular school. I have since graduated and about to attend a different school and I cannot find how to change schools on MyCollegeBookstore ? Is it possible??

by AlyMonet2001

I’ll give it 4 stars because I’m sure it works great but I haven’t been able to try it simply because it doesn’t have my college on there. In case you’re wondering it’s missing Chaffey College and it has other community colleges just not this one.

by WinterWolfie

I love MyCollegeBookstore ! It helped me save some money on college gear however MyCollegeBookstore itself keeps changing my birthday, I don’t know why. I emailed you guys but haven’t gotten a response, is there a way I can put my ACTUAL birthday on MyCollegeBookstore and not have MyCollegeBookstore change it constantly? Thanks

by VG302

Great app and service! I had a small issue with my loyalty points but the support team was extremely responsive. Thank you!

by EmJay41

Developers are quick to respond when problems occur. Give them a chance!

by JadeBerry2012

I downloaded that app because I saw it in an email from my school when I bought my books. So I wanted to get it for future purchases next semester. Well I signed up and filled out everything, but it still says that I’m waiting for an email verification. I clicked the button to resend the email and a message pops up “failed” every single time I click it. It won’t let me send the verification email but overall everything else is fine....UPDATE- MyCollegeBookstore has been updated and I was able to verify my account!

by Ubetta Sabetta

MyCollegeBookstore is easy to use and offers a wide selection of great campus gear! They seem to always have the correct books as well for your courses!

by Love Garba

I purchased books from UT book store. I download it because it is easy to use than web page. It loads faster than web page.

by TeeBee77

Entirely IMPOSSIBLE to edit school selection after initial setting. Can’t even reach developers to do it manually. Too big of a pain for a pretty basic feature, I think. Disappointing. MyCollegeBookstore has been rendered useless for me. Might be okay for others who don’t need to EVER make this change.

by Probably A Robot

Had problems logging in but other than that great app