<p>When I was a student, I bought most things that weren’t readily available in downtown Oberlin online because it was inexpensive and convenient. But for incoming students, please note that needing a car to get to a nearby mall/Wallmart is not a particular barrier to shopping, even if you personally do not have a car. It’s generally pretty easy to find someone with a vehicle who is also interested in going to the mall (especially for winter clothes when it starts getting cold), and it just means that your shopping excursions are likely to also be social/group events. I came to Oberlin with no winter coat and no specific plans for how I would go about acquiring one, and ended up having a fun coat-shopping trip to the mall with friends.</p>