Originally posted by KevinS
It's not just Asia that has low prices afterall:
The shop owner told me he only buys directly from the manufacturers to keep prices as low as possible. That results in the only downside; he doesn't offer many products for now.
I think they, at least the one you mentioned, now starting to realize that total sales volume needs to bee produce in order to get specific amount of profit they expect to have. Not like `some others` who still wanted massive profit out of single sale transaction. I believe someone mention before that GQ tires costs USD25/pair for either 26/30mm in UK.
Originally posted by KevinS
The tyres are sealed in plastic so they don't dry up and there are even little stickers on the inside of the rim with the shore rating. 
Old production batch do not comes with sealed plastic. Starting, I believe, about 2 months ago they start packing the tires with sealed plastic.