Who are we ? A family.

Me, Howell, an Englishman

Kwan, a Thai woman

Sarah, Kwan’s daughter aged 9 (or nearly 10 as she likes to say).

We live way out in the suburbs of north Bangkok near Sarah’s school. Sarah changed her Thai name to a western one recently. She is bright, hard working kid who we hope will be able to study in the West one day.

I moved to Thailand in late 2006 after becoming increasingly unhappy and angry in the UK. Cannot remember exactly what now but something happened that was no doubt negative as almost everything tended to be and I made a snap decision to up sticks at the tender age of 56. Thailand was not an entirely unknown destination having visited it many times over the previous 5 years often on a stop over on the way to Australia.

I had been nursing for 10 years and had had enough of arrogant, small minded doctors who treated nurses with contempt and the greedy management who are on a different agenda where their main concern was not patient welfare but their bonuses. I could write a book about the appalling management. I saw far too many people die who should not have.

It has been difficult settling here with the huge cultural differences and the tonal language where the changes are very subtle. I once thought I said ‘See you later’ but it came out as ‘You have a nice boil on your neck’.

Chaos and confusion are built into daily life. The chaos is seemingly the Thai way of life where living in the moment in a good Buddhist way means not thinking about the future. Thai time means no sense of time at all. The confusion is compounded by the Asian fear of losing face; they just will not say if they do not understand or do not know.

My original idea was to teach English and so gained a TEFL certificate at Text and Talk academy in Bangkok where they run a great 6 week course, unlike so many that are 4 week total crammers. It was a good course and a lot of work (no idea how people manage 4 weeks).  But despite a raft of qualifications and countless hours spent in a classroom I was not a good teacher.

We bought this eBay store from an American and his Thai wife. The first 6 months were a very, very steep leaning curve. We are slowly changing it to include more elegant items, more fashion, more up market goods.  The custom products are incredibly well made by a small company the previous owners found. In fact they did a lot of painstaking leg work to find the suppliers we now deal with. You would never find them if you did not know where they were.

They make excellent products here in Thailand but mostly do not know how to sell them globally because not enough people can read or write English.

The quality of the goods here is far superior to the cheap Chinese stuff on sale on the Internet /eBay. The Chinese have a big presence because they are very Internet and global savvy.

Similar items to those we sell are sold in retail stores around the world and their prices are much, much higher.

Kwan negotiates and builds relationships directly with manufacturers and craftsmen. We want to ensure the highest quality and best prices for our clients.

All items are sent by registered post unless it is a high value bag and then we use EMS tracked on line courier service.

If you are also interested in wholesale pricing please give us a call or e-mail us and we'll respond back to you with great rates.

We hope you are delighted with the products we supply.

Howell Lewis

MA BSc (Hons) RN

NOTE

All exotic skins come from legal farm raised sources and NOT endangered animals. We are fully CITES compliant with all national and international laws. We carry all legal government paperwork with full documentation.

All our silver is 92.5% pure Sterling Silver.

Eternal Crest has a little something for everyone.

Exotic Leather does not have to be expensive anymore.

We have some of the most unique and highest quality genuine crocodile bags, belts and wallets found on the net.

We also stock durable and beautiful snake and stingray leather products.

And we have exotic leather watch bands at a fraction of retail.

For thousands of years crocodile, ostrich, snake and stingray skins have been used to make belts, wallets, handbags, shoes and briefcases etc.  

Each one of these skins has their own characteristics that make them very different and affects the finished product. Now many major designer brands use exotics skins to produce some of the most expensive fashion accessories in the world.

eBay provides a service that gives buyers and sellers a chance to come together and cut out the middle men. This  means you the customers are able to buy for way under the normal price these items sell for in a retail store.

It is a pleasure to do business with you ! Many people find it a pleasure to do business with us. Below are some of the feedback we have had. It gives us great pride and satisfaction to sell such good items at such good prices.