Borders

The closest bookstore to home, so by default it gets some credit. Plus, its a great place to kill some time while waiting for my movie.
However, I always have a difficult time getting some assistance. Also, the café upstairs is ALWAYS packed. There are way too many people hogging the seats (they have both small dining set ups, and a bunch if 1-​seat armchairs) without a café purchase! I have no where to enjoy my hot latte. I ended up taking it outside to sip. Actually, this borders is way packed with loiter-​ers that you would have to step over them in the book aisles.
Anyways, its now closing. Bit sad, since I lose the convenience of it all. I liked how they were doing an additional 10% off the 40−60% off on all items. Then, my borders rewards perk scored me another 10% off! Drop by anytime soon, maybe you’ll find something great at an even greater price! Remember, to double check the price online so to not get ripped off.

Although there are a select few employees that are eager and willing to help, a majority of them just want to make it through their day quickly and it is obvious in their lack of customer service. Although I understand you are trying to close out your shop and blowout sales are stressful, you still need to keep your cool and help out your customers. The store is pretty much empty out of everything except Sarah Palin’s book, which I’m almost sure is probably because it’s not good. LOL! But, I can’t say anything for sure as I have not read it. But, believe me, if you need to find at least 50 copies of that book, this is the borders to find it at.

Went here about a week ago, and since they’re closing shop, you can find some super deals. I was only browsing when I ran into a «WAR» History documentary/​picture book. This was a high-​quality print book by DK Publishing that was retail for $ 55, and I paid 8 bucks out the door! Great coffee table book to read or display. 4 stars for closing down. Boo!

Its closing out here. the lines are HORENDOUS… but great sale! It’s a mess, but what else are you going to expect from a place that’s closing –_–

People that go to Borders don’t actually read books. They’re just loiterers flipping through magazines and sipping on their Starbucks beverages. Selection is bad and unorganized. It’s loud, it’s crowded. There is really no reason to come here when you can just go down the street to the Cerritos library.

I have been a die-​hard Borders [boycotted Barns & Nobles] fan since high school… not after today.
I usually like to wander around the isles, browse through books and stationary. Im usually the type to be left alone, so no wonder it was such a great place to hide out, of course until the one day you need help!
I walked around the whole store and couldn’t find one person to help me. When i decided to just give up and settle for what I had, the old man at the register had such a bad attitude just because there was long line of customers for him to ring up. Excuse me, but i think having a long line at the register is part of being in retail, and at least your store has enough business for you to keep your job.
This experience has completed my switch to AMA​ZON​.COM. waayyy cheaper prices [more than half the price on most books]… and no rude sales associates to ruin your day.
Sorry Borders, but you just lost one of your loyal patrons.

I stopped by here to pick up a CD yesterday. Apparently they have gotten rid of their CD section. I hadn’t been here for a few months and I guess they eliminated CDs earlier this year. CDs are near death.
But this store does still have lots of books that I can get for half the price elsewhere online. And magazines you can stand and read.

At this Border’s the staff is friendly but hardly anyone is working there. A lot of the time the one person at the register is busy on the phone with a guest. It’s hard to find someone to ask a question.
The coffee is really great!

Selection of everything! Super helpful staff can answer most any question, downside is too many people call ahead (to a bookstore, wtf?) so sometimes it can be hard to get a hold of someone.
The café is awesome, awesome setting, you’re a dummy to go to the crowded starbucks outside.
Understaffed, and messy/​disorganized/​careless customers can ruin an experience but its borders and I love it.

The book selection is not top-​notch. I find it frustrating that I cannot find certain books or I have to order them online just to get them in the store. I do like the staff, they are nice but are often unavailable when I do have a question. As with any book store you are going to get random people sprawled out in the aisles. That’s why I am thankful that the café is upstairs to banish some of them to the attic. I do like their deals up front and it is still a convenient place for me to get books.

This Border’s is really close to my house so from time to time if I am in the neighborhood I will stop by. The layout still seems odd to me and they seem to have an abundance of older titles with limited new ones but there bargain section is great. The staff seemed friendly but there wasn’t many I only saw 2 people in the café and one person at the registers.
The café features tasty goodness in their drinks and edibles. The barista was patient as we were deciding what concoction we would be trying and she asked even tried to help by asking what we liked and disliked.
Its not a bad bookstore I just prefer B&N stores

Find me at a grocery store, a café, or a bookstore.
Borders is conveniently located close to my home, and in the Cerritos Towne Center no less. Yes, the old location was much better (the memories in high school of having study groups in the little café for APs!). Having said that, I don’t expect very much from bookstores except that they have, well, books. That and magazines covering a whole gamut of topics from fashion to food to health to politics to home décor.
Borders could use more space for seating, particularly around the magazine section. There was a brief period of time when patrons were not allowed to remove magazines from the magazine section, such as to bring them to the upper level café to peruse. That alone deterred me from frequenting the store.
The Seattle’s Best Coffee on the second floor has limited seating as well, and the coffee and espresso from my experience, is average. At least the baristas are nice, which always helps.

It’s A-​OK.
Though I do get frustrated cause it looked like a mess and the 3 – 4 books I was looking for in the Biography/​Memoir Section were impossible to find — many of the books were out of order… so going by Author’s Last name was useless.
They do have a nice selection of Humor books — but it just looks SO chaotic in there! The staff is really nice though.

Man, this borders is gettin slammed with negative reviews! what exactly do you guys look for in a bookstore?
1. books
2. ample lighting
3. helpful staff (i.e. Judy)
Nothing really stands out here, good or bad. it does exactly what i want a bookstore to do. Sell books.

Wow… some people are harsh on the borders!
I didn’t think it was all that bad. Just browsing on a Friday lunch break, and I picked up a couple of good, weekend sunbathing reads.
There wasn’t much help in the beginning, but I don’t really like being bothered at the book stores… I like it to be a library. Books and not being bothered by questions just go nicely with each other.
But the cashier did recommend a top-​seller/​new york times best read type of book and so I got that too… good thing I did too because it really is a great book: «The well and the mine» by Gin Phillips.

Borders is my study hot spot. I love coming here to study on the 2^nd floor and enjoy Seattle’s Best Coffee. I usually order the Javakula drinks and love staying for the happy hour between 3−5pm for cheaper drinks. The bathroom is not the cleanest and I am not a fan of getting a token from the cashier. I do like the free samples and friendly service. My 2 favorite areas on the 1^st floor are the magazine section and bargain section. The only problem with the magazine area is that it is narrow and there are not enough benches. I do love the «Twilight» section and I am the friend of fellow Unilocaler Lily A. who I attended the «Twilight» DVD release party with. This was more like an annoying way to wait for a midnight release of a DVD complete with a trivia game and raffle that the employees could care less about hosting. The good thing is that the store is arranged with adequate space for each aisle and each section is easy to find. You won’t get lost in this place, that’s for sure:)

I will come here from time to time when I need to grab something. However my friend really wanted to go the Border’s Twilight DVD release party. I honestly thought the movie sucked and wasn’t a big fan, so I was too excited about going.
First of all… we walk in and we’re surrounded by 12 year old girls… oh I felt so old in the middle of all these little girls. I do like the twilight books, but I am very far from a twi-​nerd, so I really don’t get the hype over these books. They had little festivities going on, such as a twilight trivia… it sucked. The lady hosting the questions… she sucked, you could barely hear her and she seem to have no energy what so ever… she looked and acted bored and stuck up. Ewwww, come on now, I’m here for the party, can you make it a bit more exciting for these teeny bopper kids!
Cool part was that they had a little raffle, prizes included little postercards of scenes from the movie and my friend’s # was called, «yeah! winner! winner! chicken dinner» I yelled out of boredom. Other prizes included what looked like chapstick and valentine day old chocolate leftovers! Lame.
Finally midnight hit and my friend was able to buy her DVD!
I would give the Border’s Twilight party a 1 star… but overall I would give this borders a 3 star. I too liked the other location because it was bigger.

This Borders is okay, though like just about everyone here, I think their old location on Bloomfield and Artesia was much better. They had more space and I was encouraged to read more because there were so many aisles to lend a bit more privacy as you were browsing.
The coffee place also had a few live performances occasionally in the old location, which this new location hasn’t had since they’ve opened. Although at first I liked the idea of a loft design for the coffee shop, I realized that it did not have as much sitting or table space. Most of the time, students dominate the space and do not let us post-​students sit down and read.
If only the place extended further back or eats into the now-​closed down Linens & Things for more space.
I want comment about the restrooms, as I saw someone’s earlier review on this being the sole basis for a lowly grade. The coffee shop does provide tokens as well as the front desk… if only you took the time to ask the barista. This would have saved you a trip downstairs and raising your blood pressure.
The reason why I’m not grading this place higher is, again, the lack of seating and the cramp feeling of the layout. Though the ceilings are very high/​vaulted (which I really like), the floor plan isn’t as big. And because of the lack of seats, teenagers will sit on the floor reading their manga and serve as nothing but a tease to us older people.

I said it the other day and I’ll say it again:
Borders = completely useless
I decided to give this Borders a shot after being unsuccessful at the LB Borders a few days earlier. Book and receipt in hand, took a deep breath and went inside, sincerely hoping for the best.
I told the guy at the counter that I wanted to exchange the book for the new PostSecret. He asked if I wanted to do the exchange now or later. I said that it didn’t matter to me, but asked if he could check to see if they even had the book first. He told me I would have to go to the information desk for that.
«Seriously?»
I can’t prove it, but I’m pretty sure I rolled my eyes. The girl at the next register was nice enough to volunteer to go look on the shelf to see if they had it. The guy who was helping me continued to punch stuff on his keyboard.
She came back a minute later with the second and third volumes, but not the new one. I told her that there’s a fourth book which is the one I wanted to get. The guy put his two cents in, «I’ve never even seen another book.» Thanks, guy. The girl went to look up this mystery book and couldn’t seem to pull it up in their system.
I was quickly losing my patience with Borders again. The guy told me that he could just give me store credit. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that his company sucks and I don’t want their store credit. I want to get the book at, I don’t know, a store that actually has the freaking book! So I told him to just return it and put it back on my sister’s credit card. He said he couldn’t do that without the card. Ugh.
I took my book and receipt and left, yet again, annoyed without getting anything accomplished. I’m going to give my sister back the book and receipt and let her do with it want she wants. Not that I don’t appreciate the gift from her, but I just don’t have the patience to deal with it anymore.
And if you think I’m crazy and looking for a book that doesn’t exist, well, it does:

The location for this Borders is actually listed wrong — they recently moved to the Cerritos Town Center.
I thoroughly dislike this Borders because their layout and arrangement of books, music, and magazines is very confusing. I thought Borders was a bookstore — yet I have trouble finding THE BOOKS (they are against the side walls of the giant box store).
The Seattle’s Best Coffee shop upstairs has not nearly enough seating, and their staff when I went were being trained or very new, and made some sloppy drinks for my sister and I. Staff are nice, but those are just people. What can change is the layout/​topography of the store, and more emphasis on THE BOOKS instead of music, too many tables of bestsellers.
Bottom line: this place is SO CONFUSING. I thought Borders was a bookstore, not a confused playground of book-​related things!
I hope they improve!