The staff are very friendly and polite and go out of they way to help you. The shop is very clean…read moreand easy to find things in

Carrying on from the neighbouring News Pages, with its distinctive 1950s style look and feel, is…read morethe Post Office on Longbridge Lane, close to the local train station. However, thankfully the services offered by the post office aren't stuck sixty years in the past as well. The office functions as a bureau de change, trading foreign currency for those going abroad on holiday, selling a decent range of greetings cards for those unable to head into town to one of the big stores such as Clinton's or Card Factory, as well as having a free electronic cashpoint outside, a rarity in the area. However, (thankfully) not all of the services have been brought up to modern standards. The service is always friendly and personable, with the workers behind the counter always willing to have a chat after they've got your money.

This small Post Office / convenience store is usually quiet with no queues, and being only a ten…read moreminute walk from my house is great when I want to drop off a parcel without waiting around. The lady who runs the Post Office is always friendly, deals with requests efficiently and with a smile, and is generally a pleasure to deal with. The Post Office also sells greetings cards, stationary and other bits and bobs. The convenience store had everything you might need in a pinch, and is usually well stocked. A throw back to the traditional days of a local friendly Post Office. What more do you need?

It's good to see a little local Post Office that has avoided the local Post Office cull. Of course,…read morethis isn't to say that it has avoided the queues. Despite the mini-ness of this post office, it was still replete with a mini-queue (5 or 6 people). But this is par for the course, with post offices. I, however, was not in there to use the post office, but the 'convenience store' which was, indeed, convenient as I needed some milk, a can of coke and a chocolate bar. (OK so 'needed' might not be the operative word there, but that was what I was after...) It's a really strange shaped shop - partly because there is a mini post office down one side, and partly because, well, it's just an odd shape. There were all the usual newsagent-y stock, crammed into a small area. On the minus side, the girl at the till seemed super-bored and not particularly friendly. On the plus side, they actually sold skimmed milk - very few little shops do - and my three items only came to the princely sum of £1.94; which seemed like very good value to me.

This is my local post office and I AM glad that its in business because im a believer in every…read morevillage having a post office - however im also a believer in good customer service, particularly a smile, and this post office has nothing but miserable faces from the staff. As a previous reviewer has said its a funny shaped shop and i haven't used the convenience store part of it (although they do sell The i newspaper which is most welcome) so am only reviewing the post office. A couple of years ago i went in to return a parcel and the woman behind the counter (it always seems to be the same person when i've been in) was so incredibly rude to the couple in front of me that i was quite shocked. I then got exactly the same treatment because id printed out the wrong returns label for my parcel - the woman talked, indeed shouted, over me as i was trying to explain. So incredibly rude. I went in this morning and again there was the same lady and i was reminded of that previous visit. She wasn't rude but she was just so miserable. No smile, no reply to everyday chatter, very curt and just plain miserable - i realised that this is how she is everytime i use the post office. So don't expect a welcome cheer and a chat with your local post mistress! On the plus side the post office has an external cashpoint for which they get one star....

I don't generally have to visit a post office that often and can find them to be a bit laborious…read moreand difficult when I have to post a package with ebay items as it is a process I do fairly rarely. In a huge post office I can find this a bit stressful, whereas Selly Oak's post office that is tucked away on Oak Tree Lane aids this dilemma by being a bit smaller and quieter. The staff are helpful and are a necessity for dumb kids like me who have no idea what they're doing! Recorded delivery and all that jazz is regularly offered and explained and I have often popped in to get supplies, envelopes and stationary. Serving the local area, it is usually pretty busy but decent service more than makes up for this.

I use this post office for my ebay posting…read more The customer service is very good and patient, especially when you have 10 parcels. They are really helpful and the shop offers a wide variety of different types of envelopes and boxes. The post office is also a corner shop where you can get lottery tickets.

Wow, this was the first place I ever rented vhs videos from! Obviously they don't stock them…read moreanymore but they've traded that particular corner of the store for beer and spirits now... it's like they've grown with me! It's a decent convenience store as well as a post office and seems to thrive despite being right next door to a similar shop. It was always a nice family run post office and I'm glad to see it's still going strong in that tradition.

Situated next door to Harborne Convenience and stocking a similar range of items you'd think…read moreWeymoor Post Office would struggle a bit but this is a really well stocked, well used corner shop which sells everything you'd expect - newspapers, crisps, sweets and general groceries seem to be the most popular choices but if you can navigate past the queues of people waiting for the post office you will also find beer, spirits and a range of quite nice cards. The Post Office itself is run by a really lovely man who is extremely helpful and obviously held in affection by the 'regulars' - e.g. people collecting their pension, e-bayers and people from the surrounding shops who use the counter service to pay in money. It is also the first place I ever worked - for a terrifyingly archaic sounding 2.50 an hour and sometimes I still get a sweaty neck when I see the till. The last thing to mention is that they are one of the few places I know in the city who 'do' bus passes.