"You've tried the rest now try the best!" encourages the italicised shop-sign above the Depot on…read moreBearwood Road. I'd not tried all the rest before I tried the Depot, but afterwards I certainly didn't feel like I'd tried the best. Nor do I feel like the Depot is trying its best. Wild comma-less claims aside, it appears to be the sort of shop that knows what it does, does it pretty well and asks for nothing more than enough custom to keep going; and more power to 'em for it. What the Depot essentially is is a place where you can buy various bits and pieces for the home. I'm sure you recognise its sort even if you've never been there, perhaps even if you've never read this review. It's the sort of shop where you can walk away with a mixing bowl, some rawl plugs and a Michael Jackson mirror, all for about a tenner. There's a lot of these kind of shops in this part of the world (I'm thinking Bearwood, Smethwick, Oldbury, West Brom - West Brum's equivalent of New York, London, Paris, Munich?) and the Depot, whilst serviceable, has little to make it stand out. It's the kind of place to check out if you need something, but not the kind of place you'd make a special effort to go to.

Last Sunday I bought 50 pack TDK DVD from this shop. Shopkeeper told me I asked too many…read morequestions. He charged me £ 12 for it, price on checking was £9 an over-charge of £ 3. This is disgraceful. This shop keeper is dishonest he did not even offer to give me a receipt Daljit Dodd

Levines is a furniture store manned almost entirely by a team of smiling chaps in neatly pressed…read morewhite shirts who are happy to swap advice on the beds, armchairs and cupboards sold here. As well as selling simple, discount furniture at cheap prices it stocks a wide range of beds - including orthopaedic ones - which frankly is a godsend if you have a jippy shoulder (like me). Despite being relatively young for such things their range of reclining chairs is pretty awe inspiring and they are happy to deliver at a time that is convenient. They are also great at providing brilliant customer service - when I got a bit confused by a recent purchase (a headboard for the afore mentioned orthopaedic bed, which just wouldn't sit right) they were really kind and patient - even when it turned out I was trying to fit it upside down. A really lovely shop.

We ordered a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers and headboard from Levine's…read more We were initially told we'd have to wait a couple of weeks for the headboard which we said was fine. The first delivery only included the bed (the drawers and wardrobe had been left behind). We rearranged for the drawers and wardrobe and waited in throughout the delivery slot assigned but nobody ever showed up and nobody ever communicated this to us. We were then told that the 2 week wait on the headboard would be another month. In the end, it took the best part of 4 months for the headboard to be delivered. No discount was ever offered by management despite this terrible service. I would seriously discourage anybody using Levine's in future. I would however say that the furniture is decent quality (when it eventually arrives).