I recently moved to Falls Church, and this is the closest post office near my house. I regularly mail packages and usually print my shipping labels from home. My laser printer was acting up, so I went to this location on Friday. While it's a hassle to get to, there is plenty of parking, and there are other distractions (Home Depot, Michael's, Shopper's, Barnes & Noble, and Tiffany's Bakery, to name a few) to make up for the annoyance of going through Seven Corners.
The reason for 2 stars? I found this post office to be more for the customer who prefers a face-to-face interaction versus the more self-reliant ones. There's no Automated Postal Center, which is my fault, because I should have checked USPS' website beforehand. I wanted to send an item via Priority Mail Small Flat Rate. There were no Small Flat Rate boxes available, so I had to wait in line to request one. Instead of just giving me the box, the post office clerk weighed my item to let me know how much it was going to cost, which is silly because Small Flat Rate is a set price. Unless the item is ridiculously heavy, the price is going to be the same! She tried to package my item for me, and said it wouldn't fit. I packaged my item myself and got it to fit perfectly. Then I waited in line again. Luckily, it wasn't busy when I came, otherwise I would have been frustrated. This is normally a 5-minute errand and it ended up taking a lot longer than I anticipated.
The staff were friendly, so if you are new to shipping packages and are looking for a bit of hand-holding, then maybe you would have a better experience here. Also, they put extra tape on my package, which other post offices won't do for Priority Mail packages (they usually don't like you using a lot of tape on the small flat rate ones).
It's only open Mon-Fri from 8:30-2 and 3-5pm and are closed on Sat/Sun. Last pick-up is at 5pm. read more