Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, November 3, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"Billing Glitches Anger EBay Sellers," by Liane Cassavoy PC World, December 2004 (posted online 11/2/04) http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118371,00.asp

"October's Bottom-Ranked CEOs," by David M. Ewalt Forbes.com, 11/1/04 http://www.forbes.com/management/2004/11/01/cx_de_1101bottomceos.html

"Retailers stump for Election Day sales," By Bruce Horovitz, USA Today, 11/1/04 http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2004-11-01-election-retail_x.htm

"UPS Raises Shipping Rates," by Melissa Campanelli, DMNews.com, 10/29/04 http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=30886

"Online Retailing Technology: Surviving the Amazon Jungle," By Matt Villano, Campus Technology, 11/1/04 http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=10202

"The art of doing business on eBay: Not only is the auction firm growing, small firms are using it to grow," by Danny Bradbury, Financial Post, 11/1/04 http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=be4f71d2-bb34-4663-a694-0635afa87e17

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Ex-Mob boss Joe Bonanno's house up for sale on eBay" (AP), NYDailyNews.com, 11/2/04 http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/248386p-212742c.html

"Democrat sells campaign vehicle, signs on eBay," By David Pitt (AP), USA Today, 11/1/04 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-11-01-campaign-auction_x.htm

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Protect Yourself Against Online Auction Fraud," by Reid Goldsborough, Link-Up, 11/1/04 http://www.infotoday.com/linkup/lud110104-goldsborough.shtml

"Three quizzed over eBay antiques," BBC, 11/2/04 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/3975683.stm

Miscellaneous

If your computer is slow, it may not be eBay or your ISP – it may be spyware, according to this article. "Companies Scramble to Deal With Spyware," by Allison Linn (AP), Washington Post, 10/31/04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13739-2004Oct31.html