When you order from Taro, here's how it works:

1) You place the order.
2) You wait for an e-mail confirmation that the
   items are in stock!!
3) You send payment for items in stock.
4) You confirm (with the link on the site) that
   payment was sent.

Because Taro is so organized and has such a nice 
computer setup, it's extremely rare for two 
people to get the same item into their carts, or 
for the item to have been out of stock in the 
first place. So people forget about step "2", or 
consider it only a formality. When people here 
say: "Here is what I got at the Taro sale", they 
mean that they managed to get the item into their 
cart. (Hence, they're really only assuming they 
got it since if it made it into their cart, it's 
highly likely that they did.)

But before you know for certain that an item 
really, TRULY is yours, you have to wait for the 
confirmation - just like with any other online 
store. That is why the site will not let you pay 
for the items right away.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac