Scroungers Paradise

I'd give less than 1 star if I could after my experience today. I've been here several times in the past and bought some wood previously. I feel like I got judged and discriminated against today by the owner Mark. First time I met him was today. I inquired about tarped wood sitting in the parking lot. Rather than helping me, he seemed more interested in removing wood that he wanted to plane and sell and I was a distraction to his newly found treasure. As we were walking to go back in the store, he basically dismissed me. "Okay, thanks for stopping by." He literally stood in front of the door. I said, "I am sorry, did you assume I was not going to purchase the wood we looked at or look at anything else?" This was very insulting... He said, "that wood is very expensive. This comment alone told me that he judged me as someone who couldn't afford what I was looking at. Bad news for you is that I can afford it and your discrimination doesn't deserve a penny from me. Owner (Mark) don't bother responding. A response from you will never convince me that you don't discriminate. BTW: This place is way overpriced! Some of the stuff looks like garbage picked up off the side of the road.

What a great welcoming place. This warehouse is HUGE and full of things you'll want to pick up and check out. I went with friends who are woodworkers and it was fun to see how much they shared with each other about the pieces of wood they saw. There are a lot of exotics. I heard several times, "I've never seen this type of wood." We went in eyes wide open and left hands full of wood for the next project.

Mark and the crew at Scroungers Paradise are just incredible! We go in and never know what we’ll find BUT you always know it’ll be fantastic. They’re very helpful, priced reasonably, and are experts in sourcing unique wood and other hard to find, one of a kind, unique pieces to distinguish your project. We have a 70yr old farmhouse that needed some TLC but we wanted to stay authentic to the original charm. First, we dressed the mantle in Bolivian Rosewood. Next we opened the wall between our dining and kitchen, using morado butcher block of the same rosewood. Scroungers had enough of the wood that we could waterfall the countertops and swap a cabinet for open shelving. It modernized our home while creating even more charm! We then carried this into a small buffet in the dining room and used the wood for bow ties on the new dining table top (our first time working with such a large slab and epoxy) and it really helped to pull the various wood species together throughout the main areas of the house. Lastly, we coated the beam between the two rooms to match the mantle in the living room. We know it took YEARS and several trips to South America to source and WOW are we ever grateful! Our home is truly transformed thanks to Scroungers Paradise!!!