Troy Scout Shop

I think this store recently dropped the B in their name and added TR to be more inclusive. This place used to be called the Boy Scout Shop.

I first visited in 2017 when I naively was looking for homes in trashy Troy. Coincidentally, I was working with a Boy Scout in St. Clair Shores trying to achieve Eagle Scout. He was building and donating to my daughter’s school a “little free library” as part of the 3-1-3 Project to place 313 libraries throughout the 3-1-3 area code. He deserved a thank you gift.

I looked at tents and camping supplies. They had backpacks. If you’re looking for child friendly camping supplies, look here. The employee kept telling me a gift was not necessary since it’s a service project.

I ended up giving him $100 cash since cash is king! This respectable 16 year old boy from St. Clair Shores was building over 50 environmentally friendly little libraries to donate, using spare and demolition parts from his father’s contracting jobs. He let me choose the color (blue and white for school colors), style, roof, fixtures, etc. He has a promising future unlike the Athens High School student who hit n run my Mustang during our school and daycare commute and drove off.

Service was great needed a hand full of pins and patches were very helpful finding what I needed

Nice helpful staff, I was able to get in and out with what I needed very easily.

My kids and I come here quite often to get things for our troop. Chris, Bethann, and Marlo are awesome people that are always glad to help us.

This isn't their fault, but the prices for patches is pretty ridiculous at $4 a patch to be sewn on a uniform or a merit badge sash.

Aside from that, the store is clean. They have nice products and provide great customer service.

In the elbow of the plaza. Nice, neat convenient location. People are extremely helpful there. They offered to sew on the patches, for $3.00 each, to a new Tiger Cub Scout shirt. The shirt ended up about $40-$50 which was buying the shirt with sewn on patches. They have/offer, I believe, everything you would need. Plenty of staff to take care of your needs quickly to get you back on the road to the meeting or wherever you need to go. Very pleasant experience.