Barnes & Noble

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Chip Heartfield

How to lose a returning club member: On Monday night, as I looked at turntables, a sales guy came over and said if I was interested, they would be going on sale on Wednesday. Since I was leaning toward a purchase, that sealed the deal! I renewed our expired B&N membership to get even more savings at his suggestion and went home happy. Today, realizing we would be leaving early on Wednesday for Thanksgiving trip, I called the store to see if I could purchase over the phone at sale price. After several minutes of waiting for someone from that dept to answer the phone, I was told there was no sale and when I insisted I had been told that, I was put on hold for several more minutes and then the guy came back and said the sale was last Saturday but I could talk to the manager if I liked. More waiting for manager, then she told me same thing - sale was last Saturday, no sale this weekend, but if I came back in, they would refund the cost of my club membership. I asked if she could just do it over the phone as the idea of having to drive back to the store just to get a refund on something I was misled about did not seem right. She said no, I had to come in to get a refund. So I will eventually do that, I will buy the turntable elsewhere and I will think long and hard before buying from B&N again.

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Marc DUPUY

Barnes & Noble, c’est l’équivalent de la FNAC en France, sans la partie Multimédia. Une vraie librairie où l’on retrouve les livres du moment, ainsi que les livres généraux, ainsi que des livres spécialisés. J’ai bien aimé flâner dans le Barnes & Noble de Bethesda où j’ai pu ramener un guide pour la Californie : mon prochain voyage !

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Eric Geller

The Barnes and Noble on Bethesda Avenue is pretty well located, with everything organized nicely and not a single section that I couldnt find. However, their selection can be limited when you need a specific book that has been out for a while (the store excels at getting in new books). As an example, when looking through the Star Wars books, I could not find several older novels. Countless books from Star Wars and miscellaneous series were missing. I would not go to this Barnes and Noble if you want a hard-to-find book. The DVD collection, however, is very comprehensive.

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Tim C

This is one of my favorite places to hang out. Its one of Bethesdas anchor stores, placed in middle of a lot restaurants and other shops. Back when Rowling was still writing Harry Potter, I came here for a Harry Potter release party and that was a lot of fun as well. Theres a Starbucks upstairs with plenty of seating. Come here when you get tired of the bustle, grab a drink, and relax. Also great for studying and doing homework.

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A Private User

I just wanted to say how nice it was to speak to Bill today at the Bethesda Maryland store. I was looking for a specific periodical from Barcelona and although he was not able to help with out of country publications, he was patient and helpful where I could go. So thank you B&N for hiring competent employees and I was very happy after I got off the phone with him!

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anwar hall

Nice location with a water fountain in front of the entrance. Three levels with plenty of seating in the cafe area. The only thing that should be better managed is the mens toilets. These rooms are barely maintained and there is never any towels or a new hand dryer available. A renovation is definitely necessary.

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Alan Page

My wife went out in the middle of the night to get a book they said they had in stock and would put on hold for her. They said they had multiple copies in stock, then called back 30 minutes later to say they had no copies in stock at all. Totally incompetent staff.

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A Private User

I used to study here a couple times a week because I liked the atmosphere, but I feel it has really gone downhill. I feel like they dont want people to stay here very long--just buy a book and a coffee and get out--which is not a good way to gain customer loyalty.

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Pey-Shan Chao

書種類很多，還有販售藍光DVD，附兒童圖書區，廁所，二樓有內設星巴克！

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James R.

Nice quiet cozy location. Great for studying. Prices on books are generally better online but sometimes you can get good deals. Wi-Fi can be slow especially during busy times. Great views on the second floor.

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Mario Stylianou

Classic location and anchor point of downtown Bethesda. Whimsical childrens section with periodic events, large cafe area upstairs, and solid selection of books, toys, games, and other typical B&N staples.

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Shabaab Kamal

Great atmosphere and huge selection, placed right in the middle of Bethesda. Minus points for non functional kiosks. Very helpful employees, great and finding and providing advice.

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Thomas Brablec

Enormous selections of books to buy or read. Smaller paper store inside. Starbucks inside as well. Been there for decades, still nostalgic and rather cozy.

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Tolgahan Kurt

I love bookstores and I think this is my favorite Barnes & Noble just because of the size of it. You can spend hours in here without getting bored.

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M MacFarland

Walking around the outside you will find great quotes. Inside lots of physical books supplemented with some retail (games etc). Good selection.

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Vinay Kumar Anand

Nice ambience with easy availability of all kinds of books. Starbucks located on 2nd floor. Nice place to roam around among varieties of books.

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Christopher Santos

Great store layout . whats even better were the store stocker staff. Was able to find two handfuls of recommended novels from a single table.

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Ricky Olguin

Love this Bookstore. I can always find a good book and some great deals most of the time. I also love the cafe they have upstairs!

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Surya Angelique Shofar

Good selection of books. Spent hours browsing just to realize I left my purse hone. Lol Books were put on hold for 3 days.

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Shanda Cooper

I always receive nothing but the best service when I come here and its very rare that they dont have what Im looking for.

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Uncle inDFW

Excellent location, Starbucks on top floor. Lots of seating. Hope they stay open, heard a rumour that they might close.

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Gabriel Frisch

Great atmosphere and a helpful staff, plus a variety of books and more to choose from. I am so sad they are closing.

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Luis Bossa

This place is huge and in a perfect location! If youre in Bethesda, no reason not to stop by this huge bookstore!/

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Emmy Fritters

Its a standard Barnes and noble. Especially nice kids area. Productivity inducing Starbucks sitting area.

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Michael Berns

Well organized. Nice and quiet. Even some decent deals from time to time. Its a cool place to hang out.

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Jonathan Nelson

Great selection of books and games. The lines are pretty slow and usually the place is understaffed.

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Benjamin Sun

With free WiFi and an integrated Starbucks, this is the perfect place to meet for coffee or working.

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retete probate

Excellent place to spend an afternoon browsing through books and have a Starbucks coffee.

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ethan hassenfeld

Love to read or love AC? Got both here to escape the heat and learn some stuff

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Richard Riley

Miss paperback book stores hard to hear they are closing this one end of 2017

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Chris Dock

It may be a chain but this one is special to anyone who grew up in Bethesda

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David Enzel

Not many bookstores are left. This one is well stocked with a good staff.

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Peera Amornkit

A lots of books. Large selections. Nice facility. There is a coffee shop.

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Denise Nadasen

Large selection of books. Great prices. Wonderful outdoor atmosphere

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John Morris

Books and coffee. Standard B&N, coffee shop is ok and normally busy.

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Maria Gelfond

Cool place to hang out and look through a great selection of books.

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