Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, February 8, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"EBay Says It Will Reduce Some Fees," by Rachel Konrad (AP), Newsday, 2/7/05
http://www.newsday.com/technology/business/wire/sns-ap-ebay-fee-reduction,0,1044497.story

"eBay Blinks," BusinessWeek's "The Tech Week" Blog, posted by Rob Hof on 2/6/05
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/00000037.htm

"eBay reacts to fees backlash," "Silicon Beat" Blog, posted by Michael Bazeley on 2/6/05
http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2005/02/06/ebay_reacts_to_fees_backlash.html

"EBay to Trim Listing Fee on Low-Cost Items, but Sellers Aren't Appeased," by David Colker, LA Times, 2/6/05
http://digbig.com/4cpqx

"eBay Offers Small Concessions to Sellers, Better Support: Many users say gesture is "too little, too late,"" By Devin Comiskey, Ecommerce-Guide.com, 2/7/05
http://ecommerce-guide.com/news/news/article.php/3469401

"eBay Trims Some User Fees," By Kevin Kelleher, TheStreet.com, 2/7/05
http://digbig.com/4cprt

"EBay promises improved service: LETTER RESPONDS TO ANGER OVER FEE INCREASES," By Michael Bazeley, Mercury News, 2/8/05
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/10844763.htm

"Loyalty of some users is going, going. . .," By Mike Cassidy, Mercury News, 2/8/05
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/columnists/10844762.htm

"Alipay goes after PayPal: China's Alibaba launches online payment service," (Reuters), CNN.com, 2/7/05
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/02/07/china.alibaba.reut

Consignment Selling

"The eBay Piggybackers: Too busy to sell your junk online? A growing crop of companies will do it for you - for a healthy cut," by Adam Smith, Time Europe Magazine, 2/6/05
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901050214-1025079,00.html

"They trade up, save at new eBay outlet," By WARREN WOODBERRY, New York Daily News, 2/6/05
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/278073p-238268c.html

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"London student "sells" forehead on eBay," By Andrew Ellson, Times, 2/4/05
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-1470552,00.html

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Net auction fraud victims to sue Yahoo Japan for damages," Japan Today, 2/5/05
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=326821