Great selection of UB apparel but everything is way overpriced. Get your books online and save money!
I love UB bookstore!
You can basically find a variety of essentials that you'll need for the school year, at a cheap price
Staff are helpful, but find it on amazon if you can. Prices are high on textbooks.
So, it's gor everything a college kid needs, except they are VERY expensive. Like.. 25 dollars for a Camelback bottle with the name of UB. You can just buy a bottle online for less than 10 dollars and put a UB sticker on it. Save your money. Buy somewhere else if possible.
Unreasonably overpriced. It doesn't make sense how they compete when the other on-campus shops have lower prices for UB t-shirts, stationery, chocolates and appliances.
A box fan will cost $26-$28 here when it is available for $16-$18 at another on-campus store. Same ratio for chocolates and notebooks.
Only the gift-shop and post-office are reasonable.
Prices are not updated on products and a UB license plate frame that had $12 as written price cost me $16 at checkout. I felt cheated. Same thing happened to my friend who bought a lab notebook with $13 listed that charged $16 at checkout.
I cringe when I hear I need something for a class available only at the Bookstore as it burns a hole in my poor student pocket!
Total rip off. I understand that to a certain extent, but what I don't get is why books are always out of stock. Boycott the bookstore if possible
They have the textbooks you need but they are extremely overpriced. The line is always long and the experience is just bad overall
Has you every university at buffalo textbook you need. Staff is friendly and helpful
I've reviewed UB North in the past. Not sure where that listing went though. So here we go again.
UB was once one campus, many decades ago. Then, as NYS had more and more people going to college and university the school got bigger and bigger. They needed more space. So they found a parcel of land that was here in Amherst and started building on it. Now the business school, law school and lots of undergraduate housing is out here, nevermind the expected undergrad courses. The stadium is also out here, which has the Bulls playing, but also has had speakers like the Dali Lama.
It's a campus that is constantly changing as they build more academic billings and graduate housing. UB has their own bus system that travels between the two campus'. Sadly they don't have the subway to the North campus, but it was in the original plans. Maybe it will still come.
UB is one of the top state university's in both NYS and the country. Some 28,000 students and almost any major you can think of. Some competitive sports teams round it out. A unique student body association (one of two nationwide that are like it), adds to the flavor of the school.
This campus is large and not as "pretty" as the South one, it's all much newer, but it's functional and pleasant. Although parking can be a challenge.
One of the better SUNY bookstores. Expect to see a bunch of useless expensive crap too, (Kate Spade 30 dollar pens? I think not!) but staff are helpful and they're really good about keeping books in stock. There is UB brand EVERYTHING and it's not always worth purchasing. But there's plenty of warm hoodies, blue and white t-shirts, and big coffee mugs to be purchased here.