I'm so sad. :( No one answered my question? Is it that no one knows, or it's a stupid question, or no one considers pansies to be violets and so I'm in the wrong forum (even though there are discussions here about the lack of clarity over what distinguishes pansies from violets)? =(

I can understand your disappointment. I have searched all over the Internet for a source of 'on-line Pansy Plants'... no luck.

Perhaps we have to wait until later in the season, say early September, when the weather has cooled down and people are more likely to order and plant Pansies.

You're on the right forum. Unfortunately, it's just not pansy season. They don't take the heat too well, and are usually sold in early spring and again in the fall.