The websites I speak of do not always handle the live stock, they push paper from the customer to a wholesaler. I was selling quality not unknown quality for cheap. Impossible to undercut them with the overhead and what happens to the local store when customers find said web site with cheaper prices since its a drop ship price? This has been tried and not well received....
Most states require people to pay tax on internet sales, its a voluntary field on the income tax forms. Impossible to enforce. We need a fed sales tax on the internet since state to state gets confusing then you will have states trying to double tax.