I tried looking for a SRAM Rival groupset online, and none of the usual places seemed to have them (wiggle/ribble/chainreaction, merlin would let you add it to your basket but then complain when you went to checkout saying they can't ship that part to Australia).
I contacted a couple of retailers, and they responded with:
- "I'm afraid that due to shipping restrictions placed by our suppliers we are unable to send SRAM to Australia at present, really sorry."
- "Unfortunately we can no longer sell SRAM outside of the EU. We appreciate this is frustrating but we are bound by various supplier restrictions that leave us unable to help you out with what you are looking for."
I'll be looking at a Shimano/Campagnolo build if SRAM are going to be pulling BS like this.
The one place I did find is tbsm.com.au, which is 50-70% more expensive than the other retailers.
Any ways around this? Or should I just not reward their bad behaviour by trying to work around the blocks they've put in place.