Sweet Mary Magdalene, the Leech Pit is the holy grail of everything you loved growing up!! It's a…read moredisservice to call this a vintage store - it's your sweet mom's warm embrace on a breezy, sunny spring afternoon at the park as a child - the park with the rusty merry-go-round and the steel slide you spent countless hours at with your best friends! Walking into the Leech Pit is like getting vertigo at a strobe filled dance club (oontz oontz oontz) - there's just so much goodness you just need to pause to catch your breath and take it all in. But you can't pause because your heart is pounding and you're giddy with excitement. The rare concert t-shirts, the racks and racks of clothes that serve as documentary of every phase you ever went through, the action toys you spent every afternoon with (and realize you now could be rich if you had kept them instead of letting mom donate them to the stupid kid down the road because you're too old for them now SMH), the records - oh sweet Jesus the records! - and even record players for your new collection! It's a one stop shop for your wildest dreams!! As if the shop wasn't Valhalla on earth on its own, I met the owner too (I think his name was Adam, but he looks like an Izzy). He was damn cool - I think he's probably my long-lost best friend from 6th grade that I used to get in trouble with. When he shows you around you realize he knows every item intimately, because he curated everything in the store. Everything in the Leech Pit feels like an expression of the owner and his commitment to taking you on a journey to excite your senses and comfort your soul. I like to think of him as the curator of your wildest dreams - he WILL make them come true!

I had an extremely uncomfortable and disrespectful experience at this store…read more I was made to feel like I was being accused of stealing not once, but twice. At one point, I had put my belongings down for a moment, and an employee moved them from where I had placed them and put them on a container without even speaking to me about it. What really crossed the line was having an employee block or stand in front of the door when I had absolutely nothing in my hands. That was embarrassing, humiliating, and completely unnecessary. What made the situation even worse was that while walking through the store, I saw other customers putting their belongings down as well, but I did not see them being treated the way I was. Being watched, having my belongings moved, and then having the exit blocked made me feel singled out and treated like a thief when I had done nothing wrong. Customers should not be made to feel suspicious or unwelcome simply for shopping. The whole experience left me feeling disrespected and embarrassed, and I seriously hope management addresses how customers are being treated.

Best record store in Colorado easily. Great prices, owner is super cool, and the selection is…read moresuperb. Must see!

My daughter and I stopped in here while we were in the area and it was a really nice record store…read more I didn't make a purchase but they had a good selection of vinyl records. The employees were really nice and asked if I needed help finding anything. I would definitely stop by again if I'm in the area in the future.

I loved the store the old man was very kind he showed me and my dad a cool maraline manor Phone. I…read morefound the Barbie I've been looking for got it way under market price I loved all of the oddities there. Great selection if you know were to look do recomend to anyone visting here

Consignment thieves!! Don't buy from or do business with these people, they go back on their…read morewritten and word agreement about consignment shares and are not transparent in that even though they say they will call you to get your approval for a potential sale amount from a prospective buyer before making the sale on your item, (in order to be considerate if you accept a higher or lower amount) they do not call and get your approval. They then falsely claim they sold it for much lower when they actually sold it for much higher, and then they also change your commission share falsely claiming you agreed on a different lower amount, when its convenient for them to do that to make more off the sale. They lie and claim they don't keep receipts after I asked for proof of the sale. Weeks later after ignoring my initial request for a receipt they send a seemingly random super sketchy receipt that doesn't even show the name of the products sold (ie my item) and then the receipt has a hand written note claiming the higher sale amount included another product that the buyer bought at the same time. Super unprofessional, very dishonest, poor communication, and non-transparent, lacking in integrity business practices. STAY AWAY for this oddball store! Oddball is right.... I may update my review only if they stop lying and quickly send me my consignment check for the correct amount I have asked for that I am owed for my item.

Is there no bathroom? Correct! Did i go on a late-night Exodus with my young son to find a bathroom…read morethat lasted 20 minutes and visit 5 different businesses? Yes! But it's great PHYSICAL MEDIA! And a relatively smaller company (many large locations around the country but we gotta support physical media somehow ) BOOKS--DVDS--MULTI VIDEO GAMES--CONSOLES--COMICS--TOYS

They are the last bastion of hope for the right way to enjoy media. Please support them! I do…read moreeverything I can to!

Really unique place for your pop culture, goth, vintage even funko and vinyl. A little bit of…read moreeverything

Land of Ozz is such a special addition to Manitou Springs! We came through on vacation and learned…read morefrom the owner this location opened about 4 mos ago and is the second location (other is in Pueblo). Great selection of vinyl records organized well (with rare/unique selections). TONS of memorabilia: books, posters, concert programs, autographed stuff, toys & collectibles, and a decent collection of vintage clothing and jewelry, leaning a bit gothic and gorgeous! To top it off, the location is pet friendly w/ complementary dog treats available for fur babies and complementary coffee/tea + snacks for us; great music playing, fair prices, and welcome/convo with the owner.

Bogeys is great little record shop in castle rock…read more They don't have a large selection, but I always seem to find something when I am there. The staff is really friendly and knowledgeable.

Small record shop with a good selection. The feel is very retro and you can browse for a while…read more This is a great unique find for the area. They also participate in record store day!! :)

This store has a lot of potential. The vibe inside is cool, and the owner carries a little bit of…read moreeverything. What's missing are key books that are priced reasonably.

The owners Martin & Laura are simply the best, most thoughtful store owners I've ever come across…read more They know all of their customers and are kind, attentive & super professional. They do their absolute best to get their customers what they're looking for and Kapow is a beloved shop among local comic heads. I'm a lifelong customer and highly recommend making this your go-to shop if you're a comic fan in the Springs. Great coffee drinks, too!!

I really want for places like this to do OK, especially as it's local and independent. It's a bit…read morelike Comic Book Guy on "The Simpsons," except for records, CDs and DVDs and other business lines, as mentioned. Pueblo, "The Gateway to the Dirty Southwest" (TM), isn't Denver or even Colorado Springs, and the low disposable income and changing population demographics are no doubt challenging for keeping a b&m store going in such a market. As with the Simpsons character, it could become as much about love of a hobby or lifestyle as anything, even if finances are barely afloat. As mentioned, this store is gamely trying to find the right product mix...is it used DVDs, posters, used CDs, vinyl, something else, or all of the above? You don't have to drive too far to find other stores also trying to get the right mix, whether it's Independent Records or, say, Ernie November in Cheyenne. There are other deals-with-the-devil to contemplate (head supplies? Bootlegs? Ebay?) but few would argue it's a tough business. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be as rich a market for getting used vinyl in...a price for something that's not too special might be $4-ish, while an old Led Zeppelin album might be in the $20s. Pricing approach looks midscale, but the selection is limited by what gets brought in, and in that regard Pueblo is no Denver. That's likely the disadvantage there, and I see the same challenge reflected at crosstown rival Independent Records. Dave seems cheery enough and you have a 95% or better chance of a good encounter, with the other 5% maybe residual from suffering too many cranks off the street. In that sense he reminds me a bit of a more famous Dave, the owner of Dave's Records in Lincoln Park in Chicago (just subtract about 15 years from Chicago Dave, who's had way more than his fair share of fools to suffer). So overall I can't rate this place a must-visit if you're one of those people who travels a lot and has an extensive collection and is looking for something rare or different. But for the local market it's the kind of place you want to see succeed.

I'm sure I'm not the first customer to say that the customer service at this facility is lacking…read morehorribly!!! Mainly and especially from the "owner" Dave. I literally just got off the phone with his rude ass. Who was completely unprofessional and arrogant from the get go.. I placed an order like 2-3 weeks back for a CD I needed shipped to a facility in CA. I explained several times to the girl on the phone that being it's a facility it had to be the non-explicit version, which she seemed to thoroughly understand. Come to a few weeks later, today the owner Dave calls me and from the get go is short and just plain rude. Basically cutting me off every chance he gets and tells me "Let ME ask the questions" that's when I ask for his name and position and suprised and amazed that someone like him is the owner of any establsihmentand. I had already paid for the CD since HE was the one asking ALL the questions but in the end I did ask if I could confirm that the CD was the non-explicit version.That's when he totally loses it and starts telling me maybe I can just cut him out and go through Amazon. Ummm, honestly does he not think that I tried that prior to contacting them, but as many people know the CD industry is damn near non-existant so I seen this business driving through Pueblo one day and thought, hey here is a place I can start to use for my continued business..They say keep your business local and help out small business but this is exactly why people go direct through corporations like Amazon..At this point I tell him his customer service is lacking and he tells me that he suffering from a illness and do I care?? Dude, I suffer from an illness too and I sure as hell don't treat people like you!! He tells me ya, I get complaints all the time about my customer service. Well maybe that should frckn tell him something then!! At this point he tells me, "why don't I just refund your credit card and we can just call it good." Which was absolutely fine with me but of course the transaction for some reason couldn't be reversed so I am nearly positive the explicit version of this CD is going to be sent since he obviously didn't give two shits from the get go!! Horrible.

This djop sels everything from jewellery to stereo equipment to jewerly all things rock n roll ,…read morethe owner JT helpful and cool great location parking readily available this is a must-see vintage and new all reasonabll priced

There was a lot of fun places surrounding this thrift shop that were awesome. They had unique…read moreitems. Lady was super nice with her two cats. It is a little pricey but not bad!

Amazing thrift store in Colorado Springs. I've found so many great things here, even many nice…read morebusiness casual clothes for a great price. It's perfect for ugly Christmas parties or random shirts..for a bachelorette party I had to find an oversized deranged graphic t shirt and I found the perfect thing at the Arc for $4. They have furniture, household items and dishes / Knick knack as well! If you're looking for a really great deal, they also usually have 50% off of a certain color. It can take some time to dig through everything, but if you have the time this is a great place to thrift and find some really special items.

So, this is a big ARC. On one hand, I guess it's nice because it can be a one-stop shop for…read moreclothes, house goods, etc. The clothes, overall, were organized ok. It has a dingy feel inside. Dressing rooms are locked, which is fine but you need to ring a bell for someone to come, except -- no one comes. Some hero had to climb under the doors, unlock them from the inside to open them for the line of people wanting to try things on. Overall, I don't love this location and I wouldn't go to this specific location again.