Originally Posted by
papaish
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.....Price Point had to call me to tell me that the ones I ordered, (SLX) where out of stock and they can't get any more from Shimano so I upgraded to XT.
That one we can't exactly blame on Shimano. The complete SLX line is 9 speed and covers 8 pages in the 2012 Shimano catalogue. I think someone was telling you fairy tales.
See that? Some on-line merchants will try to sell you what they have in stock too!