Borders

CLOSING. Last day will be Saturday October 16^th. It was never as popular as the bookstore near Union Square. But it had a nice Seattle’s Best café inside and pleasant customer service.
It’s gonna be replaced by an upscale bowling alley chain to open in mid-​2011: Lucky Strike Lanes (
) Its first northern CA location. I think it’ll be very popular for corporate events. And maybe a future YEE.
It was not the bookstore’s decision to leave, the building mgmt decided not to renew their lease. I’m glad that I don’t live in that building since apparently residents and retailers have to endure unnecessary drama.

My cheapskate ass says, get yo ass to Borders for their 40−60% off on items. Granted, it’s mostly 40% off on books and DVDs, fixtures are 50% off and some miscellany are 60% off.
I’d stick with getting some books. Their DVDs were overpriced to begin with, and even with the ‘discount’ it’s not much of a bargain.
Their stationery, or rather what is left of it, and postcards and greeting cards are worth a gander too.
The layout of this store always bothered me, and it’s only worse with its impending closing.
Staff = friendly enough, but let’s be honest, the place is closing, so morale is pretty low too.
According to the signs posted on their doors, today, only TEN days left…

I love Borders and am sad to see that this store is closing. It’s a huge store and in a great location across from AT&T park. Since they’re going otu of business, they’ve been featuring 40−50% off pretty much everything in the store for about a month now.
You can get some of the same books as other Border stores for half off at this location! What a deal! The quantities and selection are a bit limited now since people have picked through most of the inventory, nevertheless, it’s still worth a stop if you’re in the market for a particular book, DVD, or CD.
They will be closing doors in the next few weeks so hurry on in!

It is too bad that this Borders is closing soon, sometime in October per store clerk when I inquired recently. It makes a good hangout place before and after a Giants game.
That means there is a closing sale. A couple weeks ago I got a DVD box set at 40 percent off. I will see if the discount amount has changed tonight before attending the ballgame.

Love love love this Borders!
The border’s café is good. The book selection is good. The store is clean and easy to navigate. The employees are super nice and helpful.
A winner in my book.

I’m here a lot. Like: a lot a lot. It’s close to my house, they’ve got a ton of things I want, and this reading thing is really awesome once you get the hang of it.
They always have what I want and when they don’t, they order it for me in-​store, pay for shipping, and it magically appears at my house within days. Magic!
Dear nice sales associate who ordered «The Wonderful Happens» for me the other day: You were incredibly helpful and made this loyal customer feel very well taken care of. You deserve a raise. And Employee of the Month. Tell your boss that. In fact, have him/​her call me and I’ll tell them.

This is a nice location. Right next to Safeway. Convenient parking (during the day). This Borders is ginormous. Dual level. Hard to find the sections though. A bit scattered. BF and I went here to find travel books on our next vacation to Japan. The travel section was definitely impressive. You could find about 15 books on each country/​destination. Including a section on maps as well. I told my BF to close his eyes and point to a section and that would be our next trip!
Also check out the «employee recommended» section. Lots of interested choices and most are all great reads.

Loved this place until one fine day I walk in as usual only to find the whole store turned around and rearranaged!!!
Not that I can’t stand change… I embrace it but doing that for the reason ‘people will get to look at things that they generally won’t???
The female manager there is also not too friendly. Other staff is generally helpful.

I haven’t found this kind of service in many retail establishments. It (with a grain of salt please) compares to… Nordies, Gary Danko, the Clift, Whatever; simply because I truly believe the people here would do just about anything to make sure I was happy. And you know what’s really cool, they’re wearing ripped t-​shirts instead of formal attire and the service is just as good!!!
Awesome store, Awesome service.

I dropped by to pick up a copy of «The Four Agreements,» by Don Miguel Ruiz, because my new company’s core values were based on it. The store had a half dozen copies in stock, and for $ 14.05 I walked away with mine.
That Borders Reward Card appeared to be a heavy promotion attached to a skimpy 3% discount, assuming a large volume of purchases (a $ 5 reward for every $ 150 in purchases).

A part of me is bitter that I have to pay 10 dollars just to use internet here, but a part of me is running around in circles, with sheer excitement, that I’ve been so productive tonight.
I’ve been going to Borders since middle school. It’s one of the few places that used to make my family mellow. We’d go our separate ways. Find our special aisles. And just sit and read.
I especially love that places like Borders could care less if you lie sprawled in their aisles for hours with some self-​help book, or take huge stacks of magazines to their café area, and end up walking out — having bought nothing.
I appreciate that.
Of course I always end buying AT LEAST SOMETHING here, but I love that I can really take the time to browse and explore Border’s aisles, without feeling watched or pressured.

I’ll give Borders four stars for the following reasons:
1. Close to the highway (the last stop, as a matter of fact)
2. Open late
3. Plenty of free, safe parking
4. Restrooms unlocked
Because of all of these, this Borders is my usual pitstop before hitting the clubs downtown. Also, at Hot Import Nights, it really saved me from having to use the horrid port-​o-​potties.
When I worked briefly helping the sales staff at the Beacon condos next door, I would often drop by here during lunch or after work to read magazines. As far as the selection of literature here compared to other stores… ha! Eric, picking up a book? That’ll be the day.
Does anyone remember the episode of the Simpsons when Mrs. Crabapple was calculating grades, and a pleading Bart mentioned, «Before handing out grades, Mrs. Crabapple, I want you to know that I’m returning my books in perfect condition… some with the original plastic wrapper still on it!» Yes, sir. That was me. I haven’t honestly read a book since the 6^th grade.