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    New Dominion Bookshop

    3.9 (20 reviews)
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    Special Hours Closed
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Tess A.

    Not the calming bookstore vibe I was hoping for... After being greeted by an employee, I was constantly being hovered and checked on. Any section I would go to, the employee would follow close behind. I was in the store for about 5 minutes before I had enough and decided to call it. When visiting bookstores, I prefer to be left alone so I can fully concentrate on the books offered to see if one peaks my interest. It was very uncomfortable and distracting to have someone hovering around in such a small store. The store itself is tidy and has an easy to follow layout. I wish I could speak to the variety of books offered but I was too preoccupied with the hovering employee to really take anything in.

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    Jenna B.

    Book store that has amazing variety of at list price books. The most special part about this place is the rose garden in back. It is magic!! You can even use the space even if you didn't purchase a book. Just providing this makes paying a few dollars more for a book a non-issue. Plus then you have the book in hand to enjoy in the garden. If I lived in the area and needed a book in the moment, I would buy it here. Even if I didn't need it in the moment, the book I bought was only 2 dollars more than amazon which was fine with me to have it immediate, support local business, enjoy the rose garden, and thumb through a bunch of books in the store. Wish: they had sale items or even a used books section (maybe offer a buyback program for books that they have had in the past 6 months to keep inventory up to date, keep customers coming back, offer competitive prices to online options, and make extra money)

    What a glorious store!! You can smell the books from outside.

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    I loved going into this bookshop! The woman working there was kind and very helpful. The selection was great as well!

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    10 years ago

    rude receptionist hung up on me! poor customer service. i will take my business elsewhere and recommend others to do the same.

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    How much for used books?

    Hi Jane, we are an all-new bookstore. You might try Read It Again Sam, Daedalus, or Blue Whale on the downtown mall. Best of luck!

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    Review Highlights - New Dominion Bookshop

    It's right on the downtown mall pedestrian mall, so you can't miss it.

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    Shenanigans

    Shenanigans

    4.2
    (23 reviews)
    0.5 mi
    $$$$

    Be Super aware of the return policy. I purchased 5 items on Sunday. The baby wasn't thrilled by two…read moreof the items. Went to return two items on Monday and the they could not be returned because the box had been opened. One of the items was not even assembled and neither was played with. Tried to shop local ‍

    Bottom Line: Great toy brands and tons of variety…read more My husband and I went into Shenanigans because it has such high ratings, was located a 1/2 mile walk from out hotel and its holiday shopping season. I was impressed with the size of this toy store and excited to see that they carry many of my favorite toy brands like Folkmantis, Calico Critters and Ravensberger puzzles. They had a lot of fun sounding games I hadn't heard of as well. Aside from high quality toys and puzzles Shenanigans also had some really nice seasonal stuff like Advent calendars. My husband and I explored for quite awhile and finally landed on a Jellycat branded stuffed animal for a friend. For such a lovely store I would have expected there to be a little bit more in the way of service. For the fifteen minutes we spent in there the only acknowledgement we received was three words when we checked out - twenty-three seventeen. Maybe the employee was just having a hard day.

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    University of Virginia Bookstore

    University of Virginia Bookstore

    3.4
    (7 reviews)
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    Reasonable priced bookstore with a large selection of both collegiate and classy items. They have…read moresome super fun finds in here and it's some of the best UVA merch I've seen.

    I need to get with it and write some UVa related reviews. In the past, I had a thing for UVa…read more With Monticello nearby, and its unique history, the Jeffersonian world made an impression on me. Part of it could have been that I began my college studies at a place where going to school in shorts, Hawaiian shirts, and flip flops most of the year was the norm. And it wasn't just the surfers who did that. In that regard, UVa was a definite counterpoint. I had also visited the campus and was quite taken with it. So, I would purchase things from this bookstore and have them sent to me, out to "the Coast." I'm talking coffee mugs and t-shirts. To have ordered license plate frames would have been disingenuous, so I didn't push things that far. I didn't get in to UVa for a graduate program to which I had applied. Perhaps you now better understand this mitigating behavior. I see reviewers weighing in on the prices of items, notably textbooks. That textbooks are high priced, and ridiculously priced, is a ubiquitous situation. It's like that everywhere. With the interwebs, one now has other options. Clothing and gifts are also always high priced. The best one can do is scour the store and look for discounted items. I was at UVa again and realized I hadn't been in possession of either UVa coffee mugs or UVa clothing for years. I reasoned that, to avoid postage and the headache of looking on line, I should buy a few things at the bookstore while there. I bought 2 coffee mugs and 2 t-shirts. The typical college bookstore is a likely candidate for 3 stars. However, the customer service at UVa stood out. A person initially helped me with locating apparel and pointing out some of the better values. I was then turned loose on the gift section, where I did a compare/contrast of which coffee mugs offered the best price-quality rapport. I found two. At this point, I needed to complete the purchase at a cash register. The woman working there was humorous and friendly, listened to my "story," and knew the mugs might see some bouncing around for some distance in the trunk. So she made sure she meticulously wrapped each mug and packaged them so they would make it home intact. They did! I'm not the only person who likes college paraphernalia. When I worked in downtown Atlanta, there was a lady on my floor whose cubicle was festooned with University of Georgia and Bulldogs items. I didn't know her, so I never asked her why. I did ask another employee: "Hey, what's with 'so and so,' and why is her cubicle plastered with University of Georgia stuff? Did she go there?" The employee I knew said, "No, she didn't go there. But she's a big UGa fan." I had some friends outside of work with whom we would discuss our respective jobs and just cut up. I told one friend, an Auburn University grad, about the lady at work whose cubicle was a shrine to the University of Georgia. She knew where I was going with this. And I added that she didn't even go there. She just nodded and laughed, explaining that, in the South, this can happen, saying, "We call them 'pickup truck alumni'." I bring this up because, as I was buying my items, it made we wonder if I was now a "pickup truck alumnus" of UVa. I did get a sheepskin somewhere else, though. So, if assigning stars by word count, I could use "pickup truck alumni," which would only make for 3 stars. I need to "find" that extra star, and that extra word. I can do it one of two ways. I can make pickup two words. That would be "pick up truck alumni." Or, if I didn't want to make pickup two words, I could just exclaim, "Pickup truck alumni ... Wahoo!"

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