Mail Boxes ETC is a really useful way of sending things home if you're a student, or of sending big…read morethings to friend. They're very hepful and can pick packages up from your home so you can completely avoid having to drag heavy things around. The prices depends completely on the size of the package, its location and the speed of delivery. It's definitely worth checking out though - it can work out pretty cheap for what it is, especially if the alternative involves lots of petrol or buying an expensive train ticket just to move a box. As an added bonus, they also do an excellent photocopying service!

When I first started working in Summertown all those years ago there were 2 post offices and all…read moreyou had to do to send a letter was to remember which post office had early closing on a Tuesday and which on a Monday. Now there are NO post offices for miles (I guess Wolvercote must be the nearest). Mail boxes Etc does a sterling job as a stand-in post office. You can post letters and parcels, get your computer printer cartridges refilled, photocopy things and generally do the things you need to do to keep a small office or home-based business going. If you do need a post office because you need a passport or a car tax disc then I recommend a trip to Yarnton. The garage there has a Post Office with hardly any queues and free parking, plus the number 20 bus goes close to it every half an hour from the Woodstock Road.

Used Leopard Press for the printing and binding of my final master's music composition portfolio at…read moreOxford on 1 June, 2013. The location is not convenient at all, a sentiment I suspect will be shared among most University of Oxford students, especially if you live in the center of town or worse traveling from North Oxford. The store hours are also annoying in so far as you cannot stop by early in the morning to get a print task taken care of before going off to work or classes. The cost was on the expensive side and they took more than twice as long as they claimed they would to complete the job. The only redeeming quality (and unfortunately this is a big one) is that no other print shop in Oxford will/can produce professional grade scores-- binding on the long side of A3, heavy cardstock pages, coil, etc). The staff were friendly and the store is well maintained.

Being an architecture student in Oxford for some time, I have had the need for many art supplies,…read moreand as far as proper art stores go, Oxford only really has 2, Leopard Press being one of them. They have almost a full selection of items when it comes to general art supplies, a good selection of paper and very friendly staff, including the dogs that may or may not still wander around the store :) . Pricing is decent and moderately competitive with the other art store in Oxford, however there is that slight inkling that you might be paying a small fee for Headington area convenience.