Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, February 28, 2005.
Industry News & Trends
"Baazee integration with eBay to be completed by June" (HT Corporate Bureau), ZDNetIndia.com, 2/25/05
http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/national/stories/117767.html
"eBay: Money for Old Rope?" By Charles Miller, BBC Money Programme, 2/25/05
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4274683.stm
Consignment Selling
"New Stores Offer To Sell Your Items On eBay," Newsnet5.com, 2/27/05
http://www.newsnet5.com/station/4236483/detail.html
Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions
"For tsunami survivors, online auction is an economic lifeline," by Vicki Viotti, Honolulu Advertiser, 2/26/05
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/26/ln/ln05p.html
"Terror alert reveals eBay trade in dinosaurs," By Jan McGirk, The Independent, 2/26/05
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=614896
"Jeter's Name Won't Go on Boston Arena" (AP), Phillyburbs, 2/26/05
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/55-02262005-455835.html
"Boston arena was totally wrong to take away eBay winner's right," by Peter Schmuck, Baltimore Sun, 2/27/05
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.schmuck27feb27,1,24159.column
Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues
"Massachusetts Man Charged with Internet Sales Scam, Reports U.S. Attorney," press release posted on PR Newswire, 2/23/05
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050223/new039_1.html
"Man gets 30 days in jail for running eBay scam," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/26/05
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/213739_scam26.html
Miscellaneous
"Hotmail glitch snarls pay service," (AP) BostonHerald.com, 2/26/05
http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=70502
