Forum: Shopping in Nanaimo

It looks like the Nanaimo Best Buy store is closing so if you got a BB gift card for Xmas, use it soon or suffer inconvienience.

I love this store. All volunteers are retired and so friendly and appear to love their positions in this store. GREAT quality items at really low prices. All items are donated by the community and some of the stores (new items). The prices are a steal and applicances are in good working order...

This thread will build momentum as a list of Nanaimo area businesses offering discounts for seniors. Folks, let's try not to inundate the thread with too many long dialogues about the businesses - that would make this less of a "list" and therefore less useful to readers. By all means, if you're...

Wow!! Now what are the Apple folks going to do for Apple stuff!!?

I am disappointed that there seems to be a complete lack of discussion about the service (or lack thereof) from stores, contractors, dealers etc, in Nanaimo. This forum would seem to be an excellent venue for exchanging information on which firms do a good, fair, or poor job on providing goods and...

Does anyone have information on them? Preferably close to the north end. I've checked the listings of businesses that are featured on the forum and found three that offer spray tans, one of which is pretty close to me (like within about five miles of Woodgrove area.) Closer is better for me. ...

Anyone have any recommendations? My skin colour can only be described as "a whiter shade of pale". I wear hats always, year-round. Raised in the desert in the days when no one knew about sun and skin cancer, so every year or two, little bits of "pre-cancerous" skin come off. The company that...

to repair the heels on my leather boots. can anyone suggest somewhere???

We need to find a new pharmacy, and I know that there are significant differences in prices - both in the dispensing fee, and in the charge for the drugs. I suspect that there are also differences in the quality of service. Does anyone have knowledge of the price markup used by the various...

There is a thread on here dating back to 2008 but I need up to date info - can someone provide some recommendations for a good hairdresser that is affordable, to deal with long, curly hair. I need an experienced hairdresser who knows how to do a roller set, give a perm, and will use my drug store...

I normally have really good experiences and enjoy when I go downtown to shop and check out stores downtown. However, yesterday I popped into Lucid (on commercial street). I walked in and there where about 3 girls at the cashier/counter. None of them said "Hello, how are you?" or anything. ...

We have to tell you that Nanaimo has some of the best of the best when it comes to services for parties or events. I had less than 2 months to plan our wedding and it was 3 weeks ago and was absolutely beautiful thanks to the following businesses: Chris Boar Photography - Chris was so...

We will be looking for a new car in the near future, and have been somewhat underwhelmed by the dealer situation in Nanaimo. My wife loves her present car, but has been very poorly treated by the dealer whenever she has taken it in for service. One of her friends purchased a new car (different...

Although I've lived here all my life, I finally ventured into the "Bygone Books" store, on Saturday. I'm not sure how many years it has been at its location, but I finally went inside. Location is corner of Skinner & Commercial Streets, across the street from the A-Channel studio. What drew...

I used to see a lady that threaded my eyebrows for me but I stopped going to her because more than once, did she cancel my appointment for her own personal appointment that she made after I booked one with her. Another time, she ate over me while threading my eyebrows. I like threading a lot...

Hey everyone. I'm new to Nanaimo and I'm looking for a good European or German speciality food store. Does anyone know of any in town?? Thank you. :D

I've heard that in some theatres in Vancouver they have specials on Tuesdays where it's buy one ticket and get one free... I was wondering if anyone knows if they do that here in some of the Nanaimo cinemas?

Sadly the owner is retiring so Bygone Books will be gone. The good news is that he is starting a 50% off sale starting June 1. A lovely book store - I'm sad to see it go.

I recently made my first visit to "Sports Barbers", the sports-themed barber-shop located next to the outdoors/hunting store on Wellington Rd. It's been marketed as a place where Nanaimo Clippers go to get blonde and where "real men" go to watch the game while their haircut is done. Haircuts...

I know Harbour Shoes used to sell them, thats where I bought my original pair almost 2 years ago, but Port Place Mall is under contruction and as far as I know, Harbour Shoes is gone, I know of one place in Woodgrove Mall that sells them, but I would prefer to be able to buy closer to the south end...