Originally Posted by
canklecat
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And some tires and tubes are sold without packaging for retail sales. They're genuine items, but originally intended for bulk sales to teams or bike shops. Maybe the team changed specs to another sponsor. Maybe the bike shop stopped carrying that product. Maybe it was an overstock. But the absence of retail packaging doesn't mean it's counterfeit.
MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-Op) here in Ontario sell bicycle tubes in shrink wrap packaging. Sometimes a tube is puncture before you even buy it as there's little protection with that packaging. In fact, I can't remember if the entire tube is wrapped or not. After a number of defective tubes I decided it's better to pay a bit more and get them from a local bicycle shop.
Cheers