Scrap Exchange Reviews

Love love love this place! They literally have almost everything.

While I like the place itself, driving to the new location requires spending a lot of time in some unfriendly neighborhoods. The place itself also isn't in the best of areas.
The old location was in a little better area, I didn't spend 20-30 minutes driving through unfriendly neighborhoods to get to it at least.
Wouldn't recommend going in the dark. I went twice when it was dark, the first time there was a drug deal on the further side of the parking lot. Second time, a group of people just walking around the parking lot in the dark with seemingly no legitimate reason to be there.
Again, the place itself is great, just the area is not.

Awesome place for repurposing all of the wasted goods people discard on a day to day basis. This place has one of the best clothing thrift supplies in NC.

Looking for that one super odd thing for home or a special project. This is the catch all of everything.

Love this place. It gives me and my kids something to go do together when we pick out things for our next craft.

Unique shopping experience. Great for loose parts play.

Great re-use center where I enjoyed a sewing class/workshop. They also have a cool thrift store in the same shopping center, and their books are alphabetized!

Always love looking thru these two stores across from each other. Great buys and hints on what to make out of the items. Never leave without buying stuff!!!! Lol!!!! We'll worth the trip.

Omg. This place is crazy great!! Sweet staff too!!

Oh the stuff you can find here! A crafter's paradise!

Great deals on crafts. Just check what tou are buying

Best place for DIYers and teachers!!! A favorite place for my daughters and I!

Want something unusual? Scrap exchange probably has it. Great used craft section. Would be great for art projects.

I love sifting through their products! I have found some cool treasures! This is a place you can let your creativity run wild :)

This place is so fun to peruse. I love that they make use of things that normally would have been thrown away. And you can find all kinds of things you need at really good prices

You never know what you'll find but its always fun trying to find it.

I love this crazy store! Is you need something, it's bound to be here. Yarn, leather scraps, old sewing machines, test tubes, fabric, pill bottles, wood scraps, plastic bins, vinyl sheets, wine corks, buttons, beads, paper, crayons, markers, WHATEVER! There is all kinds of stuff in here. The staff is really friendly and helpful, and they hold classes on various crafts.

Just discovered this place. It is amazing for picking. They had awesome science equipment like test tubes and beakers of all shapes and sizes, bolts of cloth and leather for projects, books, wrapping paper, random bits and pieces, etc. We had a blast in here and found all kinds of fun things. If you need some off the wall stuff for a project that's super cheap, this place is a good one to start your search in.

Great prices for just about any "scraps" you could want.

Big variety of items, some reasonably priced, some too high.

A magical land of art and craft supplies! Wish I had this reason as an art student. EXTREMELY affordable supplies, but you will have to hunt. You'll never know what you'll find!

I love this place! I went here wanting supplies for making dresses. For $2.50 I can get all the things I need for a dress. They also have a really cool section of science supplies like beakers and test tubes and things. I bought a working microscope for $7. There's also a huge parts area for things like hinges, and door knobs, and wood stuff. Pretty much everything I need to make almost anything is here and super duper cheap.

I didn't say I hate the place I said if we could get rid of the people that's doing the violence and killing people it could be a better place to live

Cannot walk out with just one thing, Its like the best garage sale you've never been to

Very well organized and they have everything you could need at affordable prices

Very good for creative people who work well with their hands

Great community of junk, arts, crafts and clothes. Loved it!!

The Scrap Exchange is a Durham, NC treasure. They have grown to be a powerhouse selling all kinds of used goods.

Great place , you can find some of everything here. Parking is great, they have discounted color tags on already low cost items . Friendly staff.

It's got a little of everything. Treasure hunting kind of place. I found some nice stuff. Great for fabrics and arts supplies also.

Great craft supplies and general knick knacks. Spent over and hour and didn't want to leave.

Odds and ends CHEAP! This is an unusual place. It's full of STUFF. For all the stuff that is in it, it is very well organized. The stuff is a necessity!
Love it!

You can always find something interesting here. I have purchased many at art supplies here.

Great fun, interesting and unusual finds and waaay too much to see in an hour. Plan on taking time to do more than scan over each area and you can expect to find things to treasure or just good craft supplies.

You can find everything here. Just be patient and invest some time. Price is cheap.

Great place to find "odd" things for that project. Also check out the new building with clothing, books, furniture and home goods.

Great experience...lots of knick knacks for ur home, office or workshop

I love this place. I scrap exchange before going to other stores or ordering on line.

Wonderful community resource. Now with the thrift store option, I believe they have all three bases covered!

There are currently two buildings used by the scrap exchange next to each other. One has for sale items and the other has for sale supplies. With a large variety of goods in both stores it is easy to find what you need.

This place is for those who have creative thinking to make any thing from scrap

I was very amazed at all the ,different items that you have, and so organized.

Great place to find very unique items for creative projects. Metal, wood, glass, paper, cloth, and so much random stuff that always seems to be different each time I return. The scrap Exchange is loosely organized into areas that breeds ingenuity and creativity that has expanded my projects from cool to awesome.

Always has the odds and ends I'm looking for for a project

My crafting heaven! This is definitely my favorite place in Durham. Going in and spending an hour just gathering odds and ends is my perfect Saturday afternoon.

Its heaven for all crafters! Come and check it out..you will be customers for life

Durham's premier place for recycled stuff to power the imagination. They also offer classes in sewing, knitting and many other skills. I rarely escape without something unexpected. Recent purchases: a slightly used bicycle seat for $2, an ancient National Geographic magazine for $1, a neat basket for gathering mushrooms or storing paper for $3.

Cool place. It's hard on my allergies, but it's like shopping at a junkyard (in a good way).

Well organized considering the wide variety of things here. Will be back!

Have not been here in quite some time They have made it even better than before

You will always find something you didn't know you needed!

Fantastic place. Great for creatives and for those things you just don't know where to look for.

Unique store. Prices a bit high on some things. Inventory changes quickly so if you want it buy it when you see it.

First time and more to see than time allowed! Will definitely return.

Great place to find awe st ome deals on just about any art form you wish, painting, sewing, quilting, etc

The Scrap Exchange has become my favorite shopping place, everything in sewing is too cheap, not to mention the rest of the things I find in the other sections. If you want to save a lot of money buying what you want, come to this magical place.

This place is a dream come true for crafty and creative types. It's like I found the stashbuster/yard sale of a thousand creators all at once. It's overwhelming in the best way, I want everything but have to pace myself. I already have plans to go back and do a more thorough search when I have more time. Love it!

You can find amazing things here. Absolutely great place to go to on a Sunday

A really cool place. Unique items for the maker/crafter. There is no telling what you will find. I just love this place.

It's a really good place to bring old stuff for other people to reuse. It has fabric, broken jewelry, buttons, clothes, an art gallery, mystery bags and more. There's also a thrift store that has dolls, books, toys and more stuff. The employees are really nice and didn't mind when I took a minute to find enough money. It's really interestingly decorated and colorful.

Very interesting place, if nothing else it was fun just to go in and look around. The associated thrift store has a large collection of DVDs, and some great electronics.

This is a magical place. You need a barrel full of keyboard keys? What about some bowling balls or serological pipettes? This is the place.

Great place to dream new ideas. Good if you're looking for random craft elements to make your next big art project.

Omg! I want to live here! It's almost like indoor dumpster diving but they have everything sorta so you can find stuff. The artist in me lost my little mind! Will def be back and visit the thrift store too!

I m a toy- and game-maker and I simply love the Scrap Exchange! But I learned the hard way if you see something amazing that s too good to be true, buy it because it won t be there when you come back for it.

Poor Covid 19 procedures. Customers walking through the store without masks. Management does not care. You never even approached these people, instead explained to me the reasons they could not be wearing a mask. I have looked at the covid 19 requirements from the City, and the recommendations from the State. No one makes an exemption for anyone not to wear a mask. Period.

Please take the time to read the rules and regulations surrounding wearing masks, and your responsibility as a business owner to support this need, and adhere. This is not funny as your maskless customer thought.

This place is wonderful, so many materials to pic through an awesome gallery! Run by artists for artists

I just loved wierd stuff. Better than dumpster diving or buying normal stuff from Walmart.

Friendly staff, unique products! I came and got a bunch of leftover wax for probably a quarter of what I would have spent at AC Moore.

It's a great store if you like to go to find treasures. I love the variety of crafts finders. The personel is really nice all the time. Also you can set up visits to got your kids and play with some reclycled materials. Love this place! It's sad that is far from home so I can only 3 to 4 times a year.