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Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 872 - October 19, 2004 - ISSN 1539-5065      Previous Story |

AuctionBytes Newsflash: Other Online Auction News, October 19, 2004
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
October 19, 2004
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Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, October 19, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

eBay is set to report third-quarter earnings on Wednesday.

PayPal Update: The PayPal site hiccuped again on Monday morning for nearly an hour. And eBay posted Monday night that, "PayPal will be undergoing scheduled special maintenance tonight from 23:00 PT to 00:30 PT. During this period the PayPal site may be intermittent or unavailable to users."

"PayPal Back After Rough Week," By Jim Wagner
InternetNews.com, 10/15/04
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3422611

"PayPal Overcomes Glitches," by Robin Arnfield (www.cio-today.com)
Yahoo News,10/15/04
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&e=9&u=/nf/27624

"eBay to give Canadian unit an extra push," by Simon Avery
Globe and Mail, 10/14/04
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041014/REBAY14/TPBusiness/Canadian

"Entrepreneur starts firm to help sell stuff on eBay," by Kathy Showalter
Columbus Business First, 10/15/04
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2004/10/18/story8.html

"Everyday items pop up on eBay, cheap," By Tara Maras
Seattle Times, 10/17/04
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2002063592_ebaystuff17.html

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Alert over new eBay scam," by Mark Prigg
Evening Standard, 10/15/04
http://www.thisismoney.com/20041015/ht83565.html

"Online auction fraud doubles," by Lucy Adams
The Herald, 10/15/04
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/26114.html

"Motown star Reeves blasts eBay listing," By David Shepardson
The Detroit News, 10/18/04
http://www.detnews.com/2004/technology/0410/18/c01-306809.htm

Miscellaneous

"Ads pump up eBay community with good feelings," By Theresa Howard
USA Today, 10/17/04
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2004-10-17-ebay-community-ads_x.htm

"EBay University teaches prospective sellers tricks of the trade," by Cathy Jett
Free Lance-Star, 10/16/04
http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2004/102004/10162004/1537887

CNN Live Saturday
CNN, 10/16/04
Note: Scroll to the end of the transcript for the story about eBay drop-off store. The CNN reporter apparently mistook an eBay drop-off store as being owned by eBay itself.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/16/cst.04.html

"You type it, view it, buy it - and your company knows it," by Dan Fost (San Francisco Chronicle)
Seattlepi.com,10/18/04
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/195583_cyberslackers18.asp


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