We got some serious supply issues down here in Aus. The biggest one is that most of the distributors are also competing against the resellers that buy from them (which means they already know the prices and are getting two bites of the apple).
There's one group who get it in and they often don't realise that they put it on the shelf a month before the rest.
I know we're on our lonesome in the sunburnt country, but still, we often pay more for the kit than we should.
I'd love to see more official tourneys here and get a bit of national pride going.