Krentzman Supply, 780 Benner Pike, State College, PA, (814) 238-2476…read more Forget about the the other plumbing supply shops in town. Would any of those open up on their days-off to support a customer needing to repair his own furnace? I doubt it. Try calling the Home Depot or Lowes during off hours, you'll only get a recording. Dave K's message (at 238-2476) instructed me to phone him at home and he was able to meet me an hour later at the shop. Krentzman Supply is our hero, opening up for me to pick up repair parts and spare parts, now on more than one occasion. The other warehouse store down the Pike asked me not to return until I opened a commercial account with them. I have no reason to do that or ever to grace their doors again. Not with Krentzman supply !!

I bought flooring today, great sale! The only reason I am reviewing a flooring spot is because the…read morepeople working there were impressively friendly and helpful. I would go back just for that reason alone. It's a nice place besides, clean.. Good selection and very friendly

The product is solid but the costumer service was not great. The man that helped us load was…read moreamazing but the lady who rang us up was irritable. The product wasn't for me and she was frustrated when I couldn't explain how it was going to be installed. A lot of attitude. Won't be brining my business there anymore, especially for a project that would take more than one visit.

What a mess. Their prices are pretty high, and it looks like they never ever throw anything away…read more Not much is any kind of recognizable order. The buildings are unheated So wear a jacket in the winter. Don't wear good shoes like I did, I wore brand new sneakers today and was walking through mud and stagnant water throughout the grounds. If you find something on a third floor, for example, you have to look around for employee who is going to give you a price right off the top of their head. They do haggle but it's almost as if they don't want to unload anything. Add that we chose something, I had to walk all over the place looking for the guy to pay. He just put the cash in his pocket. I guess maybe he's a manager I don't know. I'm not sure my pictures do it justice. Many of the items are broken or chipped. They do have a lot of restaurant type equipment, but as I said very little in the entire set up has any kind of pricing on it. So you could be on the fourth floor, find something, have to find someone to find a price for it, go to another floor all the way in the back find someone to give you a price, it's like that all over the place. They have several trucks to sort through and they just leave it there. A lot of old outdated hotel furniture too. One tiny room had a lot of books in it and I was thinking it be fun to pick up a couple, and that would be a great room for them to just put a price sticker on the wall. Hard covers this much paperbacks this much. Seriously it's a total mess.

Looking at the other reviews I think those people didn't get what this company does. They demolish…read morebuildings and salvage the material and contents then sell them for cheap. I've gotten anything from reclaimed wood to old records here. Any time someone I know needs furniture, I stop here first because the stuff they have is usually in really good shape and they let it go for pretty cheap. Yes it's not organized, but then how could you with the variety of stuff they have. It's a really cool place to find old stuff or supplies for a DIY project. They also demolish buildings in a safe and good priced way.

Stay safe here. The owner wouldn't let me send a very sick employee home during the pandemic,…read moredemanded I come to work when on isolation after I and most of the staff got COVID, and when that employee died, he just sent a two word text: "He's dead." Then he fired me for it (I guess? These guys never write anything down, and I'd never been so happy to get fired.), and lied to unemployment about it. Oh, and my forklift training was "this is up and down, this is tilt, this is back and forwards," and just leaving the building when the next vendor came. And I went ahead and did it without complaint, lol.

I'd like to give them three, but on the day I went, many customers were unmasked.  The way in was…read morenot encouraging enough about masks.  The staff was tired of asking folks to protect themselves and others.  While the store supports Christian programming on TV, they don't go very far to support or require Christian behavior.  The unmasked folks clearly had multiple underlying conditions, and were the folks we're trying to protect most, which was an irony lost of them but not to me. Surplus City is like Ollies, but a little broader and more idiosyncratic, if that is possible. They reminded me a bit of Building 19, but not as wild as Spags.   Makers would find lots of hardware and materials to use.  Prices were low enough you might try something to see if it works as a craft, hobby, or repair. I'll be back post-pandemic to browse at more leisure. Paul R.'s picture is helpful. it shows the entry, which is the downhill building of the two. To Mary: Most of what you suggested is correct (stay distant, don't touch your face, I would add in particular, your mucous membranes). Nearly any people who have been told by medical staff not to obstruct their own breathing should not be out and about. See the CDC web site. I fear that you misunderstand the medical and healthcare advice out there. I find that I am better informed when I follow the CDC, WHO, and PA public health rather than other sources. "If you think wearing a mask is going to stop a nano-sized virus you are kidding yourself". Technically, you are true, most masks do not stop 100% of viruses. On the other hand, if you mean that masks will not stop this pandemic, I believe you are incorrect. The CDC, PA Dept of Health, all the professors at Penn State Hershey, and Penn State Biology, and all the MD, PhD, RN/PhD, and MD/PhD that I talk to believe that masks can stop this pandemic if enough people use them. For your sake, and for ours, so we can get back to work and play, wear a mask to protect yourself (they are not perfect, but help a lot) and help others in case you are asymptomatic. Also, the virus is not nano-sized, but micro-sized. Nano is down by the molecule level, the molecular weight of this virus is not high, but does appear to be caught in significant amounts by most masks as it is thousands of molecules (see: https://nanohydroponicscom.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/nano-size-range.jpg?w=882), and Dr. Google. The science and engineering of how masks work relies on college EM physics. google for details. I suspect the electro statics also catch nanoparticles, and Dr. Google concurs.