University Book Exchange

Honestly some good prices but they should be VERY CLEAR ABOUT THEIR RETURN POLICIES AND IF THEIR BOOKS ARE FINAL SALE. The people here don’t even seem sympathetic to the customers. I’m not gonna buy my stuff from here any more. I’d rather pay money for the bookstore than go here for terrible customer service and unclear purchasing terms.

Buy books for UCR classes when you need them. Honestly though, you will find better deals online or from your classmates.
If you want to sell your books, you are better off selling them to your classmates. This place will not give you back a good amount. I sold a whole box of fairly new books and only got back 33 dollars. If I gave good deals to my classmates, I probably still could have gotten 20 – 30 dollars more. I heard you get back more selling to UBE than when you sell to the school, but 33 dollars from a whole box is just sad.
They didn’t even have a legitimate receipt for the books I sold. He randomly typed up $ 33 and printed on their receipt papers for me. He didn’t have a price list for how much I got back from each book when I asked for one.
Other than that, they seem like chill people…?

I had a horrible experience here. I bought a book for 150 dollars almost about the same price at the bookstore and I tried to return it 3 days after my purchase date. The staff was very rude and claimed this whole week was «final sale» only. I was not aware of this because they failed to have that disclaimer on the receipt nor did the staff say it when I purchased the book. I should of just bought the book at the bookstore and I would of been able to return. Rude people and very bad service. RENT your books instead, it’s way cheaper and you don’t have to deal with people like this. I would give them 0 stars if I could.

Great prices and I got more buyback money than what the UCR campus was going to give me.

If you have an immediate need for a discounted UCR textbook, this would be the place to get it. You have 3 days after your purchase date to return the book. If you use credit card, there’s a 5% restocking fee deducted from your refund.
If you don’t need any books right away… then why not get it online for much, much cheaper? Or get a classmate to share the book with you!
There’s really not much more that can be said about this place. It’s a typical bookstore, except for the fact that you don’t go in the store to look for a book. It’s brought to you via a window.