The frustrating thing is that those deals for Shimano/Sram components still exist if you don't live in North America. Just sign on to chainreactioncycles.com and put your location as a European country and you will see. The Japanese manufacturers are gouging the NA market. If you talk to your LBS they can not match the prices in Europe. I am really hoping some of the up and coming drive train manufacturers continue to improve and give Shimano and SRAM a real run for the money.