Nicol Street Pawnbrokers - Nanaimo, British Columbia

Brian K.

My first time experience with Nicol Street Pawnbrokers was nothing less then excellent. Question were answered, phone calls returned, even shipping to another province, purchases and picking it up was easy. Nicol Street Pawnbrokers. A great experience.
Thanks Brody and your team
Brian

Kevin B.

Do not get your C02 filled by these guys, they are dangerous.

Got 2 Sodastream bottles filled, was told they needed to freeze these before hand so I had to drop them off and pick them up the next day. Picked up my 2 bottles and they were still quite cold to the touch. Put them both in my car and started to drive home. Not 5 minutes later, while still driving one of the bottles releases all its pressure and starts shooting freezing CO2 gas inside the car. This was extremely dangerous situation that could have caused a car crash easily. When I called to let them know they took zero responsibility and blamed it on a "burst disc". Yes I agree the burst disc went off and vented all pressure, but that would likely occur if the tank was overfilled and too high of pressure. So what I think happened was they didn't account for the expansion of gas as it warmed up to room temperature, as they filled the tank cold out of the freezer. This is grade 9 science level knowledge that if you fill it to max PSI when cold as it warms up it will go higher than max PSI. Tank was purchased May 4th 2025 so 3.5 weeks old, I highly doubt it was the tanks fault

As they took no responsibility I will leave this review here. I will also let Worksafe BC, Fire inspector and why not also inform your insurance underwriter of your negligence. If you cant do the job safely, I would suggest not to do it

Edit after response from owner.
You overfilled both tanks. You bring up the weight of the tanks so I checked the one that didn't burst compared to the one that did. 1265g for the full and 745.5g for empty which means there is roughly 519g of CO2 added when there should only be 411g (14.5oz to g).

Why would I trust you to fill it again when you overfilled both of these tanks already? What you did was dangerous

Miranda D.

Good people, honest pricing. Sold a ring to them, got a price went around to a few other places that advised me they have a great price and are honest people. Went back and did the transaction, they even included something else in the deal for a really good discount. Would recommend as they're the only place that took into account the worth of the ring in its entirety.

Dawson W.

Brody helped me out and gave me a good bargain. Very friendly and personable!

Jester

Found them on eBay by chance and called asking if they could put an item on hold for me for a few days so I could make the drive to their location and check said item out. The eBay fees were knocked off the final price too absolutely wonderful service.

Clayton L. I.

Good people, friendly and courteous staff and great deals.

Jessica M.

I liked the tappy "rate your experience" thing very cool very nice

Tyler K.

I appreciate all the time when I’ve needed the extra money for bills and so on i, it’s been a tuff year for my family and I really appreciate the trust and understanding from Nicole street pawn. Thank you from me and my family