My reason for asking the price question was that I figured out that if online prices from these large companies where the same all over the country it would be expensive in the states with lower wages, while here in California it would be cheaper since people earn more money here.
The high sales tax here in California will of course make things more expensive, if I buy something for $10 here it will be a total of over $10.90, and $10.55 in the opposite corner of country which is Maine.
But that is too little to explain the difference in cost here compared to many other states.
Bill