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Barnes And Noble - Barnes & Noble is PATHETIC!!!
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I received a gift card from my working class mother (that she purchased from Borders) and I went to use it on the Barnes & Noble website (they bought out Borders) and they wouldn&#...

#317712
May 10, 2012
26

Renee18
Barnes And Noble - Overlooked and Worn out - Could not cancel
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I cannot stress how upset I am with Barnes and Nobel’s Customer Service. I ordered a gift card online for my husband’s mom for mother’s day, but made a HUGE mistake in the bi...

#317181
May 08, 2012
56

Jmcnyc
Barnes And Noble - Barnes & Nobles Online Purchase
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I purchased a book as a christmas gift in mid december. I order a number of books and one was out of stock. BN.com shipped the books in stock and said they would not charge extra...

#313481
Apr 20, 2012
72

Newgen87
Barnes And Noble Never Shipped!
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

So Barnes and Noble themselves was running a promotion on Ebay the other day. Buy The Nook Color for 129.00 and get the simple touch for 20.00(both certifed preowned). I Purchased ...

#308677
Mar 29, 2012
111

Lpeavey
Barnes And Noble s Bliks 8 Year Old
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I purchased my 8 year old a Nook and several audio books from Barnes and Noble. He has older siblings who also by often. The on-line account is set-up to my AMEX and linked to the...

#308537
Mar 29, 2012
133

Anonymous
Barnes And Noble - They are nasty-barnes and nobale in macon georgia
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I like to go in, get a coffee and something to eat while i do my school work and on three separate occasions i have found black hairs in my food and/or drinks.it was reported...

#307979
Mar 27, 2012
156

Anonymous
Barnes And Noble - 2 months and refund is still not in my account
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I purchased a Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet on 1/6/2012. I used their web site as a research tool. Glowing reviews, promises of 16GB storage capacity and ample access to "thousands"...

#300907
Feb 28, 2012
159

Brian7438
Barnes And Noble pulled a "bait and switch"
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

About a month ago I went into my local B&N to spend a gift card I received for Christmas. On the way in I saw a sign stating a sale for "Buy 2 DVDs, get one free". I picked out t...

#298413
Feb 18, 2012
199

Anonymous
Barnes And Noble
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

My autistic son got ahold of his Nook and downloaded books, the babysitter was not watching. Barnes and Noble will not allow any reversal of charges other than the most recent book...

#296972
Feb 14, 2012
233

BRD
Barnes And Noble - Refused to do an exchange
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I am very disappointed in Barnes and NobleI went to a Barnes and Nobles store this morning to return a book I had received for Christmas from my husband who did not know that...

#294885
Feb 06, 2012
241

Bronderpgh
Barnes And Noble - Barnes & Noble cancels boy's C-mas present shipment
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

Barnes and Noble had 50% off any toy or book on Black Friday. I ordered a Hogwarts Train set for my son, the one big gift he was asking for. I got the confirmation of purchase em...

#287835
Jan 10, 2012
268

Dlore2177
Barnes And Noble - Be careful of Nook books from Barnes and Knoble
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

If you choose to buy your books in nook format from Barnes and Knoble, make certain you keep additional copies of the book outside of your nook and any nook created folders on your...

#286778
Jan 05, 2012
259

Ajdenver
Barnes And Noble - lousy customer service
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

01/1/12 Went to a Barnes and Noble store to return a Christmas gift. The gift was in perfect condition, I had the original receipt, but it had been bought in ...

#286260
Jan 04, 2012
322

Anonymous
Barnes And Noble - NOOK magazines suck
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I had a subscription to a magazine and wanted to cancel it. I tried to do it online but it would not go through. I did the online support they said call nook. I called nook and ...

#285743
Jan 02, 2012
263

Bill B
Barnes And Noble - Barnes and Nobel West Dundee Illinois Store Manager Unfriendly
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

Barnes and Nobel Weat Dundee Illinois (Spring Hill Mall) has recentlystarted spaming customers in store about nook every 1/2 hour when Icomplained to Assistant Mgr He a...

#273173
Nov 06, 2011
369

Barnesan...
Barnes And Noble Bookstore. Would not refund a book they sold to me because it was past 14 days
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I bought a book from Barnes and Noble and then tried to return it. It was a book on statistics and the person I bought it for is not taking a Statistics course this fall anymore. ...

#254104
Aug 08, 2011
609

Axiom56
Barnes And Noble - Rude Employee dropping F-bomb
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

At the Danbury, CT Barnes and Noble there is one employee who is always walking around angrily. He mutters that customers are jerks and constantly uses foul language including the ...

#242116
Jun 08, 2011
577

Twylie
Barnes And Noble - Barnes has my nook and money!
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I purchased a nook color at a local Barnes store. The touchscreen was defective within one week. The store replaced it. The replacement also started to fail within a month. As it w...

#240949
Jun 02, 2011
623

Shop4kix
Barnes And Noble - Product not received and no refund from B&N
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I placed an order through www.bn.com on 2/25 paid through a combination of gift card and credit card for the remaining balance. A week later I used the tracking number B&N provide...

#230131
Apr 01, 2011
607

Jitters88
Barnes And Noble rip off.
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

When Barnes and Noble first released their version of an E-Reader (the NOOK), My fiance wanted one so bad, so I went out and got a credit card just to get the NOOK for her. I spent...

#221650
Feb 14, 2011
633

WWWaldo
Barnes And Noble - Barnes & Noble employees are unable to count as high as 5
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I ordered 5 copies of Timothy Ferriss's new book, "The Four Hour Body" from Barnes & Noble. I don't normally order multiple copies of a book, but in this case, the author p...

#220372
Feb 07, 2011
576

Anonymous
Barnes And Noble ebay store wont give you your money back!
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I have been trying for 2 months to get them to credit me for my returned item that I bought from their ebay store. It only allows paypal, and they seem totally inept at doing so. I...

#220166
Feb 06, 2011
575

Anonymous
Barnes And Noble - Barnes & Noble Horrible Order System & Customer Service
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

B&N advertises merchandise they do not have and cannot possibly obtain, as if they have it in stock. Unlike Amazon, etc, one cannot check to see if the item is in stock before orde...

#219497
Feb 02, 2011
301

NoraMyrtle
Barnes And Noble lousy customer service
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I received a Color Nook for Christmas. I ordered a magazine from Barnes & Noble and the next morning used my 14 day cancellation to cancel it as it is extremely hard to rea...

#216426
Jan 14, 2011
375

Md_proco...
Barnes And Noble s
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

Well we will NOT use Barnes and Nobles mail order agian!! My wife ordered 3 books for me for Christmas, granted she did so kind of late... the Monday before Christmas, 12/20/10 but...

#215652
Jan 10, 2011
297

TonyEd
Barnes And Noble - Inept Online Service
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I advise anyone thinking of shopping online with this company to think again. I ordered an item that was supposedly in stock and their website tells you that a confirmation e-mail ...

#214826
Jan 05, 2011
469

MuzAMoose
Barnes And Noble - B&N has poor customer service and product fulfillment
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

Here are some reasons why I feel their customer service and product fulfillment are atrocious: 12-06-10: placed an order with 10 items that ALL “Usually ship within 24 hou...

#212485
Dec 20, 2010
587

Idislikebn
Barnes And Noble - Barnes & Noble same-day delivery to Manhattan is unreliable
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I regularly order books (for a group I'm involved in), and I've used the Barnes & Noble allegedly same-day delivery to Manhattan if you order early enough in the day. Maybe half t...

#211571
Dec 14, 2010
681

Pissedof...
Barnes And Noble - Barnes & Noble Return Policy Scam
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

When I purchased a Nook Color from the B&N store, I was suggested to use gift cards for the purchase so that I can use a promotion to get $20 back, sweet right? The part they do NO...

#211192
Dec 11, 2010
1038

Cindy ku...
Beware Barnes And Noble free shipping online when you spend $25
5.0 122 Fifth Avenue New YorkNY10011 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665), 201-559-3882 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/customer_service/morehelp.asp?cds2Pid=20703

I placed an order from Barnes and Noble expecting to get free shipping when I spent $25. When I placed the order I was charged the shipping.When I called they said one of the items...

#192800
Aug 06, 2010
776
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