My name is Marinette Peñas-Collier. I have loved collecting things all my life. Both my husband and me have trouble not buying everything we see that we like. We are not specialists - we might have more room if we were. We both lovely many different types of items. My relationship with eBay started with my desire for jewelry. I had always had a fondness for cameos and I found a wonderful selection and very good buys. After several purchases I was hooked on eBay.

I received a wonderful job offer so I quit my current job at the bank to go to work for another company. After a week at the new job I was told the owners wife was not real happy with me and that I no longer had a job.

My husband suggested that I try to sell on eBay instead of just buying. I love to buy and sell and have been doing it for all my life. I started buying to sell and absolutely love it. My husband absolutely loves it. I am too busy buying items for resale that I do not have time to spend the household funds!

My one rule is never to buy anything for resale that I do not like. If I didn't like a particular piece, sure enough that would be the one I could never sell.

I had always wanted to have a shop. We were beginning to have so many items that we could not list them all. Realistically some things have to be seen in order for someone to buy them. I looked for a while for a good location. I am now selling in two different locations. Click here for directions and pictures.

This website grew from a desire to show more items that are currently off the auction rotation. Also some of the tribal items are not allowed to be auctioned on eBay. It is a labor of love and more hard work than one can imagine.

Business was getting better so in September 2000 we incorporated and formed Imports by Marinette's Inc.

On a personal note, I was born in the Philippines. I have four wonderful sons who live in the United States. One is an automobile mechanic for CarMax. Another is a rad tech. My third installs Cable TV. My youngest has just graduated from college and is now working as an Assistant Manager at QT. I have seven grandchildren. I live in the Atlanta Area and love this city!

My husband helps me in this business. I do all the e-mail correspondence. I prepare the packages for shipping and take them to the Post Office.

Here is a picture of me on my way to the Post Office:

I prepare the bank deposits and take them to the bank. I do all of the purchasing of items. I visit garage sales, wholesalers, close outs and antique stores in order to purchase items of interest. I also do several out of the country buying trips a year. I do all the scanning and the photographs. I crop the photos and assign pricing to the item. One of the hardest things is keeping track of where the items are. I have so many items waiting to go on auction, just coming off auction and on auction that sometimes I cannot find them. I get into a panic. My husband will calm me down and find the piece I am looking for.

Here is a picture of me looking for an item!

Here is a picture of me catching up on my correspondence

My husband does the actual listings. He seems to be pretty good at writing the copy! He also designed the website as well as maintaining it.

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