Welcome to the new cyber world of business. Due to the E-world many vendors are able to maintain low amounts of capital invested in inventory. The big plus side of this all is it lowers a businesses money being tied up in inventory and will give you much better cost due to the fact they don't have to earn money on having their capital sit on the shelf. Since most manufacturers don't sell to the public, this is basically a store front. Just not the type we are used to seeing. It's a whole new world boys.
Mark