Central Park Campus – Collin College

If You are a Nontraditional student do not attend this college. The teachers do not treat nontraditional student very well here. On several occasions I have witnessed nontraditional student be harassed by instructors and students alike. If you are a nontraditional student — this college is simply not for you. Be smart and do online with either UTA or another school.

For the purpose of this review, I’m reviewing the college bookstore ONLY. If I were reviewing the professors and/​or overall educational properties, it’d be 4 stars.
The bookstore at this campus has a notorious reputation for milking it’s students and I honestly believe it is committing financial aid fraud.
This semester, against the advice of several students I rented a math textbook from the CPC campus bookstore. They had advised me that they had never been able to return a book; the bookstore head honcho, a woman who refuses to come out and speak to you (coward), will find any excuse to make you pay for the book. They all rented the book using financial aid, and then when it came time to return, they were told that they needed to pay full price because of «water damage», «indentation» or some insane thing. One girl actually used those little sticky tabs to keep pages organized, and even though she removed them the coward in the back said she could tell that there were indentation spots from them. Here’s the good part: they won’t refund you the rental fee, so they keep that AND get you to pay out of pocket. I rented a book for $ 118. When they said I needed to pay $ 219 for the book, I asked to have that money refunded towards the purchase. Nope. That’s how they get financial aid money AND your money. So I’m supposed to pay $ 118 and $ 219 for the book?
The book was not damaged. It hasn’t been used. They said there was water damage. There were two spots that might have come from a rain droplet. Nothing impeded the book’s use. Here’s what I don’t get: the book would have to be marked «used» no matter what for the next person, yet it needs to be returned in brand new condition? Also, they offered to buy the $ 219 for $ 18. Really?
I’m mostly concerned because this is super common for them. I’ve yet to meet someone who didn’t get scammed.
Will never ever do business with them again.

Every time I go to this campus I’m reminded why I never go to this campus. The other two are awesome, but this one … Not so much