Here is the online-auction news roundup for Monday, August 16, 2004, compiled by Ina Steiner, Editor of AuctionBytes.com.
Announcement
Bruce Weinberg, a professor from Bentley College, is conducting an auction-related survey in conjunction with his colleague from the University of Alabama. They hope the results will be useful to online-auction users, and they are giving away six $50 prizes in a drawing of respondents. This is an academic survey, and Bruce has kindly offered to write up a summary of the results for AuctionBytes readers. The survey is online now at: http://www.cba.ua.edu/~ldavis/auction. It takes about 8-10 minutes to complete
Industry News & Trends
In the biggest news development of the month, eBay acquired a 25% stake in Craigslist.com. If you missed it, here is a link to Friday's AuctionBytes coverage:
"eBay Goes Local with Stake in Craigslist"
AuctionBytes Newsflash, 8/13/04
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y04/m08/i13/s01
The Wall Street Journal reported, "EBay's motivation could also partly be defensive, allowing it to keep a stake in Craigslist out of competitors' hands, including Yahoo and Google - two companies that had shown an interest, according to a person familiar with the matter."
Wall Street Journal, 8/16/04
(Must be paid subscriber to access)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109240190638490982,00.html
Here's an interview with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark. It's a bit long, read only if you have time or are especially interested in Craigslist.
"On the record: Craig Newmark"
SFGate.com, 8/15/04
http://digbig.com/4bnmq
And you can read what some Bloggers have to say about eBay's investment in Craislist:
http://www.bloglines.com/citations?siteid=47494&itemid=208
"Charity shops lose out as second-hand goods go to internet auctions," By Elizabeth Day
Telegraph, 8/15/04
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/15/nebay15.xml
"Sell it on eBay," by Jean Spenner
The Saginaw News, 8/15/04
http://digbig.com/4bnms
"Judge orders Amazon and Toys R Us to work together" (AP)
San Jose Mercury News, 8/12/04
http://digbig.com/4bnkq
Weird, Unusual or Charity Auctions
"Man's eBay Business Attracts Global Clientele," by Cherri Flinn
The Southern, 8/14/04
http://digbig.com/4bnmt
"Keyes' sweaty napkin gets own website: Fan who wiped candidate's brow kicked off eBay twice"
WorldNetDaily, 8/13/04
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39959
"Buy Tom Cruise's Original Art on eBay"
Defamer Blog posting, 8/12/04
http://digbig.com/4bnkr
"Virus forces tea break for e-auctions," by L.N. Revathy & P.S. Sundar
The Hindu Business Line, 8/12/04
http://digbig.com/4bnks
"Forks: Want to buy some rocket wreckage? Log onto eBay," by Jeff Chew (Peninsula Daily News)
MSnbc.com
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5682145
"Iowa School Sells On eBay: Taasco To Manufacture Microscopes In Old Castana School"
TheIowaChannel.com, 8/12/04
http://www.theiowachannel.com/education/3646593/detail.html
Role In New Movie To Be Auctioned On eBay
Big News Network.com, 8/12/04
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=c947eb04b5071bdc
Fraud, Privacy Issues
"Antiphishing tool adopted by eBay now available," by Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld, 8/16/04
http://digbig.com/4bnmm
"Bush backs banks' appeal of Calif's financial privacy law"
Kesq.com, 8/13/04
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=2163114
