Returns made for transactions paid with cash or check will be refunded in cash, while returns on credit card purchases will be credited to the card. This is an opportunity for students to sell back to the store those books which they do not choose to keep for their personal libraries and to recover some of the money spent on textbooks during the previous term. Two buy-backs occur simultaneously. Those books which will be used at Grand Valley in the coming semester are purchased by the bookstore at 50 percent of the retail price until store limits are met. Books which are no longer being used at the University are generally purchased by a used book wholesaler at 5-30 percent of the retail price.
Old editions are of no value to either the wholesaler or the bookstore.
Central Stores Supplies Office supplies are available for sale to University departments through the Central Stores department located at University Bookstore. The Central Stores catalog lists stock items which are available through both the Bookstore and Printing Services. The full-color Office Plus catalog lists items which available on a special order basis. Merchandise can also be purchased from the sales floor, and most items receive a 20 percent discount.