> Maybe you're just less intelligent than the average consumer I'm not one to police tone, but really? Did it make you feel better to say that? > is it someth

> Maybe you're just less intelligent than the average consumer I'm not one to police tone, but really? Did it make you feel better to say that? > is it something else? Yes, the something else is that you're missing the point that my comment was specifically about the disparity in the prices large online retailers would be able to display (e.g. without sales tax) versus what offline retailers would display (with sales tax). If Amazon and a local retailer are both aiming for the same $1,000 for an item net of tax, this would mean that Amazon could display $1,000 as the price while my local retailer would have to list it for (say) $1,100. I don't think local retailers would like that very much, even though the consumer would end up paying $1,100 either way. You may disagree.