If you know exactly what you want and the part number, I highly suggest going with a Japanese exporter if you want to save the most. I highly recommend Jesse Streeter as he charges a fair fee. If you need advice, he's probably not the best person to ask but you have the forums here anyways.
I got CE28SLs for less than $3k CAD landed. No one local or US can beat it. The wait time is exactly the same since they're all pretty much factory ordered. The only thing is certain local/US distributors have their own special colour way that Rays only make for them so that's why you get limited colour choices.
https://jessestreeter.com/ordering-parts/