Selection is great but service is phenomenal!! I can't remember her name, it's different but she…read moreis why too young to be so knowledgeable!! Great place!

Cool vibe and looked like a great selection of used and new. They rotate their stock frequently…read more Prices seemed reasonable too. It's always cool to see the vintage records of one's youth. :) The staff seemed really helpful. Drinks were offered as soon as we walked in. If you're into vinyl, stop in.

Amazing bar, beer options, records and atmosphere. 10/10 best dive bar ever. Ben, the owner, is a…read morefriendly and present face!

What a fun place to visit and chat with the friendly staff and patrons. Everyone was having a good…read moretime. Enjoyed the awesome retro decor and furniture. Halloween decorations were outstanding! We had fun browsing the vintage records for sale. Nice little patio out back. We had called ahead a couple days to let them know we were coming out for a quick stop with a big group and the owner was excited and welcoming. If you like quirky places don't miss this!

I LOVE this shop! The guys there are so incredibly knowledgeable and helpful! Steve in particular…read morehas helped me quite a bit on my comic journey! They have an enormous selection of different comics (sometimes I think they have more than Mayhem). Super affordable prices and well valued stuff to add to your collection!

A special place in North Iowa. Comics, toys, games, and more. I do most of my holiday shopping…read morehere and have always gotten a good response.

They were very helpful and got me the exact jewellery I was looking for. I am very happy with their…read moreservice and everyone there was very kind

Mohair Pear rules! It's a rad vintage clothing store that also sells, everything from records, to…read moreshoes, to piercing supplies, to toys, to glasses, gag gifts etc. It's designed really well and you just feel like your entering a fun house every time you walk in! You can also rent vintage suites or cloths so if you want to stand out at Halloween or Prom, this is your spot to go! If I was ever going to go to prom again, (not likely as a 34 year old dude with grey hair) I would totally come here, rent a suite, buy a wig, get some cool glasses, buy some record to practice dancing and maybe even pierce my nose so I don't look to wierd! Heck I might go do that anyway for the fun of it! The staff here is awesome and they have been here for years making the Hill in Cedar Falls there home for fun! They consign local records as well, so if you are in a band they will sell your music! How cool is that! Keep up the goodness here!

Prices were steep. I like to support local businesses, especially record stores, but I know what…read morethose records go for and what online wholesalers sell them for. If you're higher than other stores by an unacceptable amount I'll support the online wholesaler instead. It doesn't give me that warm feeling I get holding a record, looking at it, and deciding to buy it, and it's putting small business out of business, but if I know you got that on millions of records for $4-10 and you're trying to get 25-30 bucks I can't support you. The used records were priced what the new records should have cost. If it's not rare, I'm not paying $15 for something I can get for $2-5 at a record show back in Chicago... So I'm too spoiled to buy anything here but they had a decent collection, staff seemed nice, plenty of inventory. I wouldn't go back, but it might work for this town/people.

5 stars for the atmosphere, 3 stars for the lack of organization…read more Always love shopping at local stores. Especially, local record stores. The staff was very friendly and the environment of the store is incredibly welcoming and cozy. While they don't have the largest selection in the area, I was pleasantly surprised to find numerous records which I had not seen anywhere else. One of the other cool things about the store is that they provide perfectly sized shopping bags while you are making your selection. These bags come in incredibly handy to hold on to whatever records you are planning on purchasing so that you don't need to set them on the floor or on top of the records. This perk is wonderful. Plus there are little hooks around the store which you can then hang the bags on in order to have both hands available to browse their selection. If there is one thing which I will complain about, and it is the reason I did not give the store five stars, it is the organization of the records. Within the genre of records, there appears to be no organizational structure whatsoever for the vinyl. This makes trying to find a particular record almost impossible without having to flip through hundreds of records which you simply don't care about. While I can imagine that it is a nice way to possibly find albums you didn't know you wanted, it was very frustrating and after about 30 minutes of looking through the albums, I simply gave up because I did not have the patience to go through every album in the store looking for a particular one. I will certainly return to the store anytime I am in the area but if you are looking for someplace that you can pop in, look for a specific record, and then leave, this is not it. If you are looking for a store in which you will spend an hour simply browsing through a selection, look no further, this is your place.

My review is as a Seller but as you have to wait while they make you and offer, I've browsed the…read moreinventory and seen the prices. All in all it is the same problem that has ruined "thrifting." Cheaper than new - obviously. But a new book at $12.99 is selling for like $8.99. Better to shop goodwill bins as books are some of the last affordable things at thrift stores. As a seller I took $70 for a collection of about 200 quality dvds. sold individually on eBay or Amazon if I had the time probably $500-1000. Same with the books. I have gotten $50 for a case of 100/150 best selling hardbacks. You never know as one time I brought in quality mint condition coffee table books - my offer for the lot of 50... $2. So I don't know what the deal is but the worst thing is they don't return your books. Some they take and will throw away or donate because the don't want to offend. I wish I had the option to take the books they knew they were gonna trash. All in all, they are only game in town u nless you want to do this full time. And I see them taking advantage. But that's our America. Read they are private family owned. Interesting.

I ordered a Pokémon FireRed box with inserts from Half Price Books -- a collectible item that…read moreshould be packaged carefully. Unfortunately, they shipped it in just a bubble mailer with no additional protection, and it arrived damaged. I reached out to give some constructive feedback on their shipping practices for items like this. While they did respond by discounting the item, I was surprised to find my account was banned shortly after -- simply for offering polite feedback. I didn't open a dispute or escalate anything, just suggested they consider better packaging for fragile or collectible items. It's disappointing, especially since I had been a customer before and liked shopping with them. If you're a collector or care about condition, I'd be cautious.

A hidden gem. We stumbled upon this place and chatted with the owner for quite a while. He was…read morefriendly and knowledgeable and had an amazing and well-curated collection of vinyl and some great recording and audio equipment, too. Worth a stop, both for the records and for the conversation.

Stopped by this shop today after seeing some pictures of the interior on Craigslist. I was…read morepleasantly surprised at the variety and quality of their selection of LPs. There was a very large selection of high quality albums from the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's. Warren, the co-owner, was very nice and conversational. They have cool rare and hard-to-find stuff such as a NIN triple album brand new in the shrink wrap for $100. They had a couple thousand albums in the main store plus a ton of compact discs and vintage video games. The owner stated this still have a few thousand albums to go through to add to the main store. Great shop, good prices, discounts with multi purchase. Check it out!

I can't believe we didn't go here earlier. This is the coolest place in Ames. If you are at the…read morefarmers market or just downtown for any reason, stop in. Blake is the most genuine host/owner ever. Very cool - recommend the deep cut - tell him what you like for coffee. The vinyl collection is insane. Support this local business!!!

Walking in, the coffee shop was quite small and cozy, with music playing and people chatting. I was…read morekindly greeted and had a fun conversation when I was ordering my coffee. I had a blueberry maple latte and it was served to me in a quick manner. The coffee itself was delicious! It was my first time in a while having something with blueberry in it, and the sweetness level was just right. Not too much that its overbearing, and not too little that you're just drinking a normal latte. The shop had record players that you can buy, and vinyls that you can purchase. There was also an area where you can buy shirts? Was not so sure since there wasn't any prize tags on them. For the most part the place was alright! I think it's a good place to get something different aside from your usual espresso drinks. Not a fan of the lighting but that's just me.