Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, November 1, 2004.

Note:
A new Federal law helps banks minimize the "float" on checking accounts and may cause some account-holders to bounce checks if they are unaware of new banking procedures. Spread the word to your colleagues and customers!
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20041030/opinion/1504418.html

Industry News & Trends

This article says some eBayers are furious that their auctions were improperly ended 1 hour early due to time change:
"Bidders Burned by eBay in Time Change," Deutsche Welle, 10/31/04
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1381734,00.html

"Museum Asks EBay To Block Some Sales," by Patrick E. Tyler, New York Times, 10/30/04
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/arts/30trea.html?oref=login

"Online sales boom turning side jobs into new careers," By Catherine E. Toth, Honolulu Advertiser, 10/30/04
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Oct/30/bz/bz03p.html

"Boulder Creek couple has eBay business wired," by Sarah Quelland, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/30/04
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/October/30/local/stories/02local.htm

"Horror movie souvenirs may offer a blockbuster return," by Michelle McDonald, The Scotsman, 10/30/04
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=1254302004

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"£10 Buys Army Body Armour on eBay," By Daniel Boffey, Mirror.co,uk, 10/30/04
http://digbig.com/4cbfs

"Rare $5 Buffalo banknote sells for $3,676 on eBay" (AP), Casper Star-Tribune, 10/30/04
http://www.casperstartribune.net/news/wire/ap/?wire_num=30662

"Midnight Ceremony Commemorates Winning Bidder of Disneyland Tombstone" (Press Release), LaughingPlace.com
http://laughingplace.com/News-ID10021870.asp

"For sale on eBay: a Vulcan bomber," by Peter Almond, The Times Online, 10/31/04
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1337612,00.html

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Hot auction or hot goods: What's up at eBay?" By Daniel Altman (International Herald Tribune), E-Commerce Times, 10/31/04
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Hot-Auction-or-Hot-Goods-Whats-Up-at-EBay-37654.html