Ubx Book Exchange

Not bad, but UBX is not the primary place from where I seek my textbooks. The employees there retrieve their customers’ requests from book shelves behind the service counter (shelves to which customers are otherwise restricted from access), and so the employees may not necessarily return with copies of books in the best condition.

We all know that campus book stores specialize in tearing college students a new one when it comes to prices and book buybacks, but with that in mind I must say that UBX is the most gentle of the bunch when thinking in terms of that analogy. After shopping around every quarter for the collection of tomes that would soon be used to prop open my bedroom windows on warmer days, I gave up some time during junior by virtue of the fact that I never found books cheaper than they were at UBX. I’m not talking in grandiose terms here; it was usually along the lines of saving a total of ten to twenty dollars every quarter, but when you think like a college student, that equals about two more cases of beer, which can be up to four more nights of partying. Simple economics, my friends. Shop at UBX and you may find yourself 48 beers richer. On top of that, the line here is rarely more than 3 or 4 customers deep, which gives you plenty of time after your purchase to cram for that exam you knew were told about two months ago that required you to read 8 chapters worth of material in advance. Ahh, college.

Pretty middle-​of-​the-​road for an on campus buyback shop, without the long lines and massive selection of the former Longs and SBX and current B&N megastore.
Prices paid are pretty standard to the other stores, but I must say their selection of used novels was always pretty stellar.
Its no half-​priced-​books on Bethel, but for a campus spot it isn’t bad.