Mark is wonderful and runs a very friendly, laid back business. I had the pleasure of meeting his mother and we all chatted while I was checking out. The selection of items are vast and I had so much fun walking through the store checking out all of the cool stuff. I left with 3 rugby shirts that were originally priced at $60 (from original retailer) and Mark gave me all of them for only $4. Ill definitely be back!

Wonderful experience!! We were in AWE of the amazing treasures from Mother Earth that were showcased here. We entered as strangers, left as friends! Worth the trip and adventure.

Its an absolute delight every single time. Scroungers Paradise is aptly named; a pickers heaven and great resource for something specific or something you werent even considering. Stop in and get ready to have your mind blown. The talented owner, Mark, is one of a kind. Youll remember him and his amazing business until forever!

Absolutely incredible monument to the beautiful hardwoods of the world and other treasures of the world. Stopped by on my way up to an Airbnb for vacation, and will likely be stopping by at least one more time during my vacation! Mark was great and was more than happy to let me be an annoying customer and dig through a pallet full of offcuts from their woodshop and was able to identify almost every specific wood I had picked out, and quoted me a perfectly reasonable price for such beautiful exotic hardwoods. Absolutely cant wait to go back, its an amazing experience all on its own!

Great selection and very helpful staff. The guys picked through a stack of lumber for me and loaded it up. Cant wait to go back!!

As always, not much to look at on the outside but go inside. An eclectic collection of items. Wood, art, slabs, art, parts, pieces buy it cause it may not be there when you go back.

Amazing doesnt do this review justice. First off this is an incredible place for people who love rare and off the beaten path things. Working with Mark and Jamie, incredible experience. To find a wood slab, design and build with them a world class desk thats a piece of art, I am beyond ecstatic

If your looking for a specific kind of wood for a project this is the place to go. They have a very large selection of different kinds of wood. Very nice and organized.

I have been to Scroungers twice to get some lovely Russian Birch 5x5s for a van that Im building. Mark has always been incredibly helpful and has cut me a deal both times! Hes a true salesman - gives you more than you came in for, gets about 10-20% more cash out of you at the same time, but does it all while asking about your project and wanting to get to know you. And Ill happily support that. The guys that do the heavy lifting are always helpful and pleasant. Definitely my favorite place to get good, quality wood in Asheville.

Interesting place if you are looking for weird woods.

Good selection of different woods also slabs of wood up to 16, I will be coming back here. The wife also found some glass tile we plan to use in our master bath.

This was my 1st time here they have a wide variety of building materials everything from tile to wood flooring and some very unique and rare species of other wood products and mill work. Staff was friendly and welcoming I will definitely go here again.

They did not try to push you on buying. Their knowledge of wood was very good!

This place is amazing! A woodworkers paradise! The personal assistance was awesome!

This place is amazing!! A hidden gem that the selfish side of me wants to keep hidden! Lol... Very well organized and friendly staff willing to help with whatever you need.

My husband and I have worked with Mark and the others here on several occasions when looking for wood to make custom pieces. We always find something we love and the service is excellent. So far we have had a gorgeous macacauba hardwood floor installed in the kitchen and have had a custom powder room vanity fabricated using two other woods from Scroungers. Love going there just to look around! Thanks!

The 3/8 Russian Birch Plywood that we purchased from Scroungers Paradise last month was perfect for our ceiling project. The quality was great. Customer service was great. I couldnt have asked for more.

I have never seen anyplace like this..it truly is a scroungers paradise!! They have everything including the kitchen sink!! Exotic lumber, scented candles, rugby shirts, art and more. Plan to stay a couple of hours if you go.

First of all, Jim is the best thing that place has. His customer service is off the charts! Great guy!They have sooo many types of exotic woods (some that I didnt even knew existed or I couldnt even say the name of them ), from small pieces, to large pieces, to slabs, to flooring and even tiles. They have it all. Their pricing is pretty good.Definitely will be coming back for some more when I run out of what I bought.

Looks very interesting from the website. We hope to go there soon

Loved my first experience today at scroungers paradise. I picked up a good collection of exotic wood cut offs and am thrilled. Mark was an interesting guy to talk to, and I will be back next time I am in town!

There is a multitude of rare wood in this place along with other various salvage items. I love scrounging through such things and will certainty be returning in the not too distant future. Only complaint I could come up with is that it wasnt easy figuring out where the employees were but I did eventually find one. He was knowledgeable and was able to answer most of my questions. And he provided a way to get information that he wasnt sure of.

Cool place, cool finds and Just Jim.

Love this place! Guys are really helpful! Great exotic woods, and many choices.

Neat place. Worth checking out!

Awesome staff Jim was very very helpful. He did a great job in helping us with what we needed

Interesting stuff nice owner, will be back for my lumber needs

Scroungers Paradise is a friendly and welcoming place with breath taking prices of all sorts. Exotic woods and the best I have ever seen.

This is a fun store to go to. Lots of various items from the most random places. If you are doing some home reno. projects you have to check it out. Their collection of bulk and salvage exotic wood is second to none with several rare specimens on display that are a cool sight to see.

Great place if you are looking for anything, they got it, great selection of exotic woods and slabs too.

This is a toy store for adults, especially if you love wood. They have types of wood you won’t find anywhere else. You can find all sorts of treasures there. The inventory changes often.The staff is exceptional, very friendly.

New favorite for unique wood finds.

Lapis Lazulis is amazing and reasonably priced!

One of a kind wood. Other neat stuff

This place really brings the hunt to bargain hunting. So many strange and exotic things to discover. We stumbled upon a set of brand new door knobs that I had only just heard about. Cant wait to get them installed.

This place is awesome for large slabs of hardwoods with live edge. They have loads of rough dimensioned hardwood as well. The prices are moderate, but the quality is great and service is fantastic.

Awesome for what it is. Rare woods at a good price.

Really fun place for treasure hunting. Interesting and friendly Owner and staff. Well worth visiting.

Really good place with lots of deals!!

Find anything you need for your building project here! Beautiful high end lumber and flooring at prices you have to see to believe. Make sure you buy all you need for your job though as it may not ever reappear

Havent purchased any large lumber orders (yet), but I found a cool painting that I love, and enjoy wandering around. Cool stuff.

Not at all what I was expecting!! However, if youre looking for building materials, especially flooring its the place to be!

As someone whos just started out woodworking, this place has been amazing. Very friendly people working there, fair prices, and a great selection for basically any project. So happy to of found this place.

Amazing, best day ever!!

We had a great experience purchasing wood from them to do the floors throughout our entire home. It was a ton of work sanding and finishing, rather than just buying a pre-finished product, but we love the end result! It was excellent quality flooring! They were very accommodating when it came to storing the wood and helping us arrange delivery at a time that works well for our remodel.

Love this store. They have unique wood items and tons of interesting finds. You never know what he might have in stock when you get there.

If you wanna find gold, you gotta dig a little!Yeah they have interesting and exotic woods, you’ll read and find that to be true. They also have lots of surplus contractor supplies; wood flooring, all kinds of tile, boxes of nails/bolts, drawer pulls, table legs, hinges, decorative cast iron poles & dozens of different styled toppers, pallets of welding supplies, 3in pvc ball valves, metal/wicker mesh, industrial rolls of plastic sheeting, hundreds of wood working drill/router bits (most still in their protective plastic or unwrapped) and all kinds of other neat goodies for those who are looking for materials, tools or supplies.They also have so much more with their one offs! Want an original machining part from the Rolls Royce factory? They have one. Need a 50lb ship yard eye bolt? They have 20. Looking for a 6ft single strand pully wheel and 200ft of galvanized aircraft cable to go with it? They got that too. Their heavy metal is seriously impressive, and often overlooked. For crying out loud they have shelves of unused, still in wrapping radiator heat exchangers right next to 400, 600, 1000lb industrial roller chains, which is across the aisle from the 3 ton John Deer Diesel engine! Where are you gonna find that kind of mix anywhere else?I love the maps. They have over 75 map boxes filled with USGS quads (mostly alphabetized) from everywhere around the nation. There are boxes of index maps, Natural Resources Survey map, Defense Mapping Agency quads and state maps the size of walls. I’ve given them as gifts, cut them up as cards, and have a couple under glass as decoration.Just recently I found a drawer filled with DMA projector transparencies, which was delightful surprise for me and the owner!! I gave one as a gift, and have some attached to windows as privacy screens. They are so cool to look at, and their detail/resolution are perfect! Excellent condition! These types of maps aren’t made any more, nor easily obtainable or cheap.I wouldn’t have found it, if I didn’t dig. Which is the golden rule of Scroungers Paradise for me. If I don’t get my hands dirty, scrounger around, and “look under that thing,” then I’m missing out on the gold.

Cool place to find unique items.

Great place to find unusual building supplies and ideas. Prices are high on some items.

Great place to explore. Always fun to see what different items they have. Great prices as well.

OMG. What a fun spot for scrounging! They have everything from exotic woods to screws and nuts. Not to mention furniture, books, art, fabric, architectural goodies to design with, and kids books! All indoors and comfortable with giant fans blowing. The owner is a hoot. Worth the visit!

The name hits nail on the head! If like to plunder and look at different things this is the place for you! Huge selection of wood and odd pieces for the decorative savvy people! The staff was very nice and helpful!

I just love looking for unique wood for projects and they have an abundance!

Great selection of hardwoods, plywood, and obscure items. Prices are good, even great and the quality is superb. Plus nice, friendly, helpful staff.

Do you like wood?This place is amazing! Almost exclusively south American exotic woods at incredible prices, nick-nacks, old doors and windows, and a whole reference catalog of just old maps. The guys who work there were ridiculously friendly. If youre a Crafty person who has wood projects you should stop by here. It may not be everything youre looking for for your project but it was everything Im looking for mine.

No rhyme or reason, you can always find some awesomeness

We shop at Scroungers regularly. We have always had a great experience. Mark and Jim are the best. Many off the wall products and a great source for exotic woods. Mark is great with the children too and is always nice to my wife and daughter. Thank you again!

Got the real outdoor table home and to replace both of the screws which were bent and the legs were uneven, we had to plane them to sit even.

This place will definitely live up to its name. You will not be disappointed. The owner, Mark, is a fantastic guy.

Lots of wood flooring and wood mantels. Great staff.

Great place for rare finds. Great helpful staff. Bought some beautiful Brazil rose wood ...

Very disappointed... Went in and it was almost deserted in the main part of building bit lots of neat art work..but felt like we shouldnt even been there...hell.anyone could have walked off with whatever wanted cause no one ever acknowledges you. Then get to a point where looks like alot of cool stuff set up but sign says no one can pass without eye Googles and none are offered at the door

A most interesting store. Lots of wood slabs, lumber, flooring, antiques, rock, basically if you can use it in construction, they have it. The staff were very helpful and loaded my purchase into my vehicle quickly. You could easily spend all day here and not see everything there is. I will definitely be back for future purchases.

Great place to get out standing deals and material.

Amazing store with a wonderful selection of hardwoods! I love it! They have many hard woods that are hard to find in other stores. And many more odd and end items to look at also.

This place has one of the best wood slab selections probably in the state. You can also purchase various things that the staff has made. They also have nice choices in reclaimed materials as well. Not just wood either lots of salvaged things to help with your project. All around a great place.If you find this review helpful please give it a thumbs up.

Odds and ends plus a great selection of exotic lumber can be found here.

Awesome place to get your wood. The staff are very friendly and helpful!

Always fun to visit just to visit. Buying and loading is easy. People friendly.

I love the people here. Antique stuff and building supplies. Also old timey books and awesome long burning candles.

Great junk Shop with a variety of vintage, antique, and just plain weird. You could easily get lost in here for a couple hours just looking at everything.

Had great used wood product lots of reclaimed wood for projects. Some interesting items of yesterday.

This is such a unique find! I came for the fabric and ended up wanting to buy some of their beautiful wood pieces too. Everyone was extremely helpful and the customer service was outstanding! You have to go check them out.

Some great findsand interesting place to browse.

Staff is friendly, selection is absolutely amazing. If you like the american picker show, this is the place for you. Also a great source for steam punk or for making metal sculptures.

Very interesting place to go. Great for getting wood for your projects. Huge area full of stuff.

What great spot! The employees are super friendly and helpful and they have an amazing supply of wood and other things. Definitely worth checking out!

First time I stepped foot in here I fell in love. So many great things and deals. Love the hard wood selection. Cant wait to go back and grab more stuff.

Mark is the best source for exotic wood and flooring.Great services and price.Knowledge par excellent.

Loads of useful items to dig through and beautiful wood!

Neat hardware store. Great place to go to if you are looking for some unusual lumber or cheap floor tiles. There are some gorgeous paintings and cutting boards available as well. And some antique doors that piqued my interest.

What a surprising find. We expected a junky mixture of eclectic stuff. We never expected to find a wide variety of exotic woods, plywoods, imported finds and fabric by the bolt. Just Jim and staff were wonderful to work with. We will be back. Soon!

This place is amazing. Odd wood products. Antiques. Odd stuff. Its great. Go see Mark. You will be impressed.

You find anything to do with wood or flooring

Lots of different options and the most random things. If you’re looking for unique Exotic woods worth a look, but prices aren’t always the greatest. Some things are a great deal here and others aren’t.

Every trip we find something weve got to have. Just installed beautiful Tiger Wood flooring from there.

Huge selection of exotic and domestic woods, some interesting decorative items friendly knowledgeable owner and staff

These folks have the coolest products. Whether you area designer or a DIYer you can find what ever you need here!

This is the place to find that perfect piece of wood for any project from a knife handle to a giant slab for a dining table.

Ive been spending most my life living in a scroungers paradise. Its hard work and sacrifice, living in a scroungers paradise.

Way too expensive unique items

Nice folks amazing selection specially exotic hardwoods

This place has so much of everything that you need for your home, office as well as antique findings! Janice was very helpful and very knowledgeable about all of these specific items I asked about.

Beautiful antiques and u can do handmade so many awesome stuffs...

Unbelievable place to find unusual items for great projects

This is not for everybody but its a fascinating place to at least see once. Exotic hardwoods from South America and random shipping container auction finds. Great for woodworkers, blacksmiths, tinkerers, rock hounds, gemstones, etc. You really never know what youre going to find.

An amazing selection of all sorts of different kinds of exotic Woods. Not to mention they have lots of other stuff too.

Awesome selection of stuff you never knew you needed! Wonderful friendly staff

Very helpful staff. Great selection of lumber. Enjoyed chatting with the owner Mark. Highly recommend!

Even if you arent looking for it, that piece will find you.