There's a local article in the Austin Business Journal quoting a guitar dealer who says "Amazon charges $1000 for a guitar, but when I charge $1000 for the same

There's a local article in the Austin Business Journal quoting a guitar dealer who says "Amazon charges $1000 for a guitar, but when I charge $1000 for the same guitar, I have to charge $1082.50 because of sales tax". What he doesn't consider is that Amazon is more than likely charging $800 for that guitar. The "locals" make claims about price difference being solely due to sales tax, but overhead is more the reason than anything else.