As a buyer, I feel the same way. The business guy in the back of my head wonders how much business is really being lost by those companies. Imagine the answer

As a buyer, I feel the same way. The business guy in the back of my head wonders how much business is really being lost by those companies. Imagine the answer was always >$50k/year. Would said company ever have anybody click the "add to cart" button after browsing a website for a while? It could be that the missing price is just a signal that this is not that sort of business and if you're looking for something that doesn't require sales people, contracts and purchase orders, you're probably better off just looking elsewhere. I suppose they could say that directly on the site, but even that might turn out to not be such a good idea. Unless you test these sorts of things, you never really know.