Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, February 16, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"QXL backs takeover," Reuters, 2/14/05
http://digbig.com/4cqrn

"Consumers Less Satisfied With eBay and Amazon," By Rob McGann, ClickZ News, 2/15/05
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3483231

"eBay to give away $200,000 in online treasure hunt," By Alorie Gilbert CNET, 2/15/05
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5577745.html

"An eBay director buys and holds," By Dan Lee, Mercury News, 2/14/05
Free registration required.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/10895579.htm

"Making A Living Off Of eBay," 10tv.com, 2/13/05
Accompanying video.
http://www.10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2937432

"9th Circuit to rehear dispute over Yahoo auctions," (AP), FirstAmendmentCenter.org, 2/11/05
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=14815

"College Students Take on eBay: College Junktion.com, Where Your Junk Becomes Treasure," Company issued press release (PRN), Yahoo Finance, 2/14/05
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050214/flm038_1.html

"eBay lets construction equipment sellers expand market area," By Patrick Beeson, Equipmentworld.com, 2/15/05
http://www.equipmentworld.com/apps/news/articleeqw.asp?id=46319

"eBay coming to TiVo," posted by Matt Haughey on PVR Blog, 2/15/05
http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/02/ebay_comingto.html

Consignment Selling

"Passing the buck: Auction assistants help novices make the best of eBay," By Stephanie Schorow, Boston Herald, 2/8/05
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/lifeNews/view.bg?articleid=67539

"Shops selling on EBay turning to excess inventory," by Kathy Showalter, BizJournals.com, 2/11/05
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2005/02/14/newscolumn2.html

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Online auction of Redstone Castle will be a first," By Nancy Lofholm, Denver Post, 2/11/05
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2704723,00.html

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Online car auctions are booming, but some deals are too good to be true," By PAUL WENSKE, THE KANSAS CITY STAR, 2/12/05
http://digbig.com/4cqpc

"Man accused of trying to sell title, VIN on eBay," Indystar.com, 2/14/05
http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/222266-6265-009.html

"Click fraud looms as threat to online advertisers," By Michael Liedtke, (AP), USA Today, 2/14/05
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-02-14-click-fraud_x.htm

Miscellaneous

"Pick, click, buy: 500 items on Globe online auction," GlobeGazette.com, 2/13/05
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2005/02/13/local/doc420edc26a843a453881785.txt

This LA Times article is off-topic and is included here only for the one sentence that applies to eBay. In speaking of President Bush' wife Laura, the article states, "She knows what Googling is and has discussed the effect of EBay on the economy with its CEO, Meg Whitman."
"Tuning in to the Bushes," By Robin Abcarian, LA Times, 2/13/05
Free registration may be required.
http://digbig.com/4cqpb

"Truck Fire Destroys U.S. Mail," By Eric Pera, The Ledger, 2/12/05
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050212/NEWS/502120369/1004