West End Seniors’ Network Clothes & Collectibles

I feel so torn on how to rate this store, even debated not rating it at all… but I figured I should throw in my two cents, because I can’t be the only one like me out there.
This store is tiny, but very clean and very well organized. It does not have that «thrift store smell» that’s so familiar to me, and that’s a good thing.
However, this store isn’t kid friendly. I felt like I got leered at for bringing my kids in here. Nobody greeted me, just stared down my kids.
There are breakables on low open shelving here. My kids didn’t touch any of it, but it was obvious they were worried they might.
They do not have kids clothes, which is one of my favourite items to dig for at thrift stores. They do not have toys. They do not have clothing that would suit a younger adult. Everything in here is geared towards seniors… and that’s ok, but totally useless if you are a thrifty mama like me, so I thought I’d put that out there.
If you’re looking for books or nick knacks, this place would be fantastic, otherwise… these are not the droids you are looking for.

Whenever I’m in the Denman Mall I make a point of stopping into Clothes & Collectibles. I’ve bought some clothes in the past but I’ve mostly had phenomenal luck here with great decorative stuff.
The staff have always been friendly to me and there are often 50% days. I don’t go in that often, but it seems like half the time that I go in there a sale is going on.
It’s also clean and very well organized. I tend to stay away from the thrift shop at Gordon Neighborhood House and pick Clothes & Collectibles instead because GNH is so messy.
Yesterday I was in Clothes & Collectibles and picked up a late-60’s large screen printed framed canvas wall hanging at amazing price. I’m so happy with and the fact that I can find such cool stuff at a small place like this. Furthermore, I’ve always found at this place that there is a greater quantity of higher quality unique pieces than you typically find at some of the bigger shops.

I have shopped at this thrift store for a long time and my family has donated many clothing and household items. I know a couple of the staff there and have always been treated very well. That has changed, I spoke with the manager, I think her name was Francis and she was rude and condesending, I was quite shocked, needless to say, I will not be donating there any more not will I be shopping there, her behaviour to customers is horrible.

Somewhere deep in the heart of the West End’s Denman Place Mall is an adorably quaint thrift store run by some of the most charming people you’re likely to meet — especially in a second-​hand shop. I’m talking about the West End Senior Network Clothes & Collectibles Store, an anomaly in the vast array of mediocre thrift shops in the lower mainland.
Though I rarely find anything out-​of-​this-​world-​amazing in the WESN Clothes & Collectibles, I always feel so welcome by the irresistibly affable senior citizen volunteers. Not an apathetic hipster in sight, the staff here work tirelessly to ensure that all of the clothes, accessories, dishes, books, and random knick-​knacks are in the best possible condition before selling. Mystery stains or iffy aromas? Not a chance. It’s like my Gran is running this place — not a bag out of order, not a shirt unwashed or unpressed, and certainly never an attitude to deal with.
This store is one of very favourite things among all of the time capsules that make up the West End. And besides, knowing that the 2 bucks I paid for that bag of buttons will benefit the West End Seniors’ Network means that I may not be helping *my* Gran, but I’m definitely helping someone’s. (ahem, cue warm fuzzies!)