UIC Bookstore - Chicago, Illinois

Flora Khan

Great place for the students. My son loves it here!

Senad Djelovic

Orientation day for my daughter 💕 cookies, coffee and tea. Cool, friendly and helpful people. Special prayer place for Muslims - much appreciated.

Alexa L

Workers are super friendly and willing to help. I buy little things here and there. Every time i need something they go above and be beyond to make sure I am getting what i want. At times they run out of product because some items are just so popular they go in the back and check for me or let me know when products will be in. Great workers with great customer service.

Rachel C

It's always kept tidy and organized. Top floor has apparel and UIC themed merchandise. Bottom floor has textbooks for specific classes. It's a bit pricey for school supplies and there are very limited items. Mostly focused on UIC themed apparel.

Vash Stampede

Very fast service, it is nearly empty, besides the staff. They close at 4pm today so if you have to get your books today, that's the cut off. Other than that the staff is very helpful and very nice and understanding and patient when it comes to getting vouchersready or prepared.

Francesco Pesci

The service at the Apple Store is terrible. The personal is careless and unprofessional. I went there to order a computer for my girlfriend. Since I wanted a special setting and I was about to leave the country, I ordered it ahead of time, expecting some days to have it. I talked to a lady who took all the info about the computer, all my contact info and told me it would take about a week to have it. I said "Good, I'll come back in a week then!". I still had two weeks before leaving, so I left perfectly happy. Later I went again to the store to ask if I could pay with a certain credit card. They said there was no problem. Again, I left perfectly happy. After a week I receive a phone call from a guy asking if I still wanted the computer. Kind of surprised, I said I thought he was calling me to say the computer was arrived. "Oh no" he said "We haven't sent out the order yet, you need to pay first". And that sounded a little more than surprising. Nobody cared to explain me that I had to pay before they bothered to order the computer! Kind of pissed I asked him if there was enough time to have it before I was leaving. He said he was unsure and he would call me back. I didn't receive any second phone call and I didn't find out there was no time until I went there in person, where the lady apologized by saying "Oh, I'm sorry, maybe we should have been clearer about the fact that we hadn't order it". Yes, maybe.

Brandon

In addition to books and school supplies there is a vast selection of UIC clothing and merchandise as well as a tech area with laptops and earbuds, etc.

Only some of the books are able to be rented, which is definitely what you should do when possible. If you buy books then sell them back you only get a small amount back so its not a bad idea to keep your books. Prices for clothing and other stuff are very steep, however it's very high quality with some of the brands being adidas, Under Armour, Champion. The electronics selection is decent and all the employees are pretty friendly. Nice place to hang out too as they have a seating area and some TVs.

Paul Moreno

Merch section is fairly priced. Very open and inviting space. The people behind the counter are nice. Tech area is cool but it's overpriced and the people there just want to sell you something.

The actual bookstore however is a different story. Horrendously overpriced bad quality school supplies that you could get at Walgreens for $1-2. The kids that work there, both walking in the aisles and at the counter are always super nice and very helpful.

And I refuse to pay an arm and a leg for a book I'm not even going to open more than twice during the semester. 😡