Watch: Mandel, Mentor Business Owner Talk About Sales Tax & Amazon

Ohio Treasurer and U.S. Senate Candidate Josh Mandel met with business owners from the Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce for a Q & A Wednesday morning at .

One of the questions asked came from Skip Trombetti of . Trombetti said Amazon was not just cutting into his and other retailers' profits but into the community's coffers; because they could underprice most brick-and-mortar stores, in part because they don't have to pay sales tax.

Trombetti then asked Mandel, if he were elected to the Senate, would he try to address this issue.

Mandel said he didn't know much about this specific topic and that he would research it further.

For more video from Mandel's visit to Mentor:

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