Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, November 22, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"Internet Retailers Reaching Out to Mailbox Surfers," by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 11/22/04
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/22/technology/22ecom.html?oref=login

"Manatron partners with online auction firm, By Jane C. Parikh, Kalamazoo Gazette, 11/20/04
http://www.mlive.com/business/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/business-2/110094969255720.xml

"Ebay style website to evaluate quality of local tradesmen," By Peter John Meiklem, Sunday Herald, 11/21/04
http://www.sundayherald.com/46184

"eBay bans the ‘N-word’ But other slurs make the cut," Red Herring, 11/18/04
http://digbig.com/4cdtn

"Arroyo urges eBay to make RP its Asian hub," ABS-CBNnews.com, dated 11/21/04
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/FlashNewsStory.aspx?FlashOID=21528

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Iowa's Jumbotron Sells On eBay: Hawkeye Scoreboard To Be Used One More Time," TheIowaChannel.com, 11/19/04
http://www.theiowachannel.com/sports/3933503/detail.html

"Atlantic City to try to sell boat for one buck" (AP), Newsday, 11/19/04
http://digbig.com/4cdtp

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Thief in £50k eBay scam" The Sun, 11/21/04
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004540227,00.html

"Phishing / Spoof emails" Overstock board posting, 11/19/04
http://auctions.overstock.com/cgi-bin/msgboard.cgi?PAGE=POSTS&ForumID=35&TopicID=2453

Miscellaneous

"SoldPoint! Radically Changes the Face of eBay Drop-off Stores" (Press Release), 11/20/04
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/11/emw180642.htm