Quick Nickel

No review... but the shop has moved (circa 2021) slightly east on the same street and is now at #1736.

Not a bad little shop. One of of those really discounty looking places but actually the products aren’t bad depending on your style.
All clothing, including hipster plaid shirts, American Apparel, flip flops, and straight brim baseball caps (plus accessories like scarves and gloves), All decent prices.
In my mind I imagine a tourist coming to Vancouver and either finding it is colder than expected (and need some gloves and a toque), or the opposite,. not realizing the West End is verging on tropical at times and needing beachwear — then stumbling in here and being quite satisfied.

Ever changing merchandise and friendly service will keep me coming back here, that’s for sure! Lisa and her Quick Nickel team are always a pleasure to visit when I need some awesomely priced American Apparel basics, BIKINIS, and quirky socks/​gifts/​jewelry.

Very disappointed!
After shopping here for almost 10 yrs, today’s experience will also be my last.
I purchased some Xmas gifts here and one of the items was a leather belt for my husband (It’s too small). Apparently, it was only exchangeable and/​or refundable until Jan 15^th? Policy or not, it’s the 19^th of January, what would be the harm in letting me exchange it for something that fits the person whom the gift was intended for? Now I have a belt that is useless and I’m left with a very negative experience.
I’m pissed at the customer service I’ve received with the snarky sales clerk copping me serious attitude about «reading the receipt next time» after I casually mentioned that I won’t be doing any holiday shopping there in the future. Wow, must be nice to have such a successful business that you can treat your patrons like that!
As a business owner myself, I always try to make it right for the customer and turn the experience around, but even after I posted this on there Facebook Page they continued to delete it without trying to save any face at all, I guess they’re still backing their policies/​shyte customer service!

Great little westend shop. I’ve been shopping here for as long as I’ve resided in Vancouver (10 yrs) On New years day I bought 2 awesome men’s dress shirts for less then $ 50. They had a great sale on! Both shirts were from Jack & Jones «Core line» great quality and great price! The service was awesome too. I will definitely continue to shop at this establishment!

I can’t go in here because every time I go in there are too many sales and deals to resist! I always end up purchasing something!
there should really be more stores like this with these decent prices in the West End!

The biggest reason for this review was the convenience of being able to buy things for the beach right across the street from the beach. Back in August I met a friend in English Bay since I was finished work early but didn’t have anything to wear.
Quick Nickel to the rescue! The prices here are great and if you need flip flops this is definitely the place to go.

Cheap cute clothing and accessories, no more no less — at a time when my online addiction is at its peak this THIS is my palette cleanser.
Generally I find it an inconvenience to try things on out of the comfort of my own home (mainly due to shoe pairings) but for some reason I don’t mind it so much here. The staff is always helpful and engaging and the clothing selection is always flipping so there is consistently something new to check out at a great price ! In a neighbourhood with no other clothing options unless you want to walk up to Robson, this place will do in a pinch, specially for summer clothes ;-)

You know, I’ve visited this place probably about five times, and every time have been whelmed (is that a word?) by the great selection of varied stuff and the prices. It’s great! But… how great? Because though I’ve been there five times and have always found stuff that’s pretty good for the price, I’ve never actually liked anything enough to buy it. And I’m a bargain shopper.
Oh well. Great place to find basics.

Pssst: want some cheap American Apparel basics? Yeah, this is your place. Shirts and shorts and tanks and tees, Quick Nickel’s got yo’ back. Food and drink have this annoying tendency to be attracted to my clothes, and this is an easy solution.
Bathing suits in the summer, short shorts in the fall, a few cheap-​o tops and jumpers and dresses that are trendy in the way Jersey Shore-​types might like, this place kinda has it all.
Of note: exchange only, within 10 days. But whatever, at these prices you’re not going to break the bank if you miss the deadline.
Quick Nickel: awful name, cheesy exterior, way-​cheap prices.

Great little store with lots of funky and nice modern clothing at reasonable prices.
I like this place.

I have such a weak spot for this place. Whenever I come to English Bay I find myself drifting toward TQN to find me a deal. Brands like Kensie, American Apparel, Groggy, etc., are sold here at hugely discounted prices. The cheap sunglasses, cute jewelry, bathing suits are über cute too!
Located just across the street from the BIG Starbucks at Davie/​Denman.
Gotta love retail therapy baby!

Located right near the beach, it’s a handy store if you happened to forget your bathing suit that day. Otherwise, they offer a plethora of clothing, brand name, at discount prices, like American Apparel and Kensie. I ended up picking up a flowy top, Kensie shorts, and this very cute floral dress from Quick Nickel a while back and have worn those items to death. You might have to dig around in the racks for a bit to find something you like but trust me, it’s worth it.

Ok, so I am one of those people obsessed with the simplicity of American Apparel clothes. I like the V-​neck tees and the hoodies. I have a lot of stuff from there but it’s so damn expensive. Then I found the Quick Nickel. Guess what?.. they have A.A. clothing as well as other brand name stuff at pretty much half the price. Cheap = Better in cases like this. Just save some for me please.