Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, March 2, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Can eBay continue to defy gravity?" From Knowledge@Wharton, Cnet, 2/28/05
http://news.com.com/Can+eBay+continue+to+defy+gravity/2030-1069_3-5592976.html

"Streamlined straight out of business? Small e-tailers could be pushed out of market by tax compact," by Chris Graham, Augusta Free Press, 2/28/05
http://www.augustafreepress.com/stories/storyReader$32113$32113

"What's With That Overstock.com Ad? So low-budget it's … mesmerizing," By Seth Stevenson, Slate, 2/28/05
http://slate.msn.com/id/2114128

"Would You Buy a Used Car From This Blogger?" posted by Steve Outing on Poynter E-Media Tidbits Blog, 2/28/05
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=79025

"Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars," by Sara Grant, HBS Working Knowledge, 2/28/05
http://workingknowledge.hbs.edu/pubitem.jhtml?id=4662&sid=-1&t=strategy

"CEO Approval Tracker: February's Bottom-Ranked CEOs," by David M. Ewalt, Forbes, 3/1/05
http://www.forbes.com/work/management/2005/03/01/cx_de_0301bottomceos.html

Consignment Selling

"Auction biz brings snappy profits," By Chris Lewis, NashvilleCityPaper.com, 2/28/05
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=10&screen=news&news_id=39556

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"State issues warning about public document sales," (AP) Boston.com, 2/28/05
http://digbig.com/4ctab

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"eBay provides a backdoor for phishers," by John Leyden, The Register, 2/28/05
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/28/ebay_phishing_backdoor

"Two Romanians arrested on Internet fraud charges" (AP) Detroit News, 2/28/05
http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0502/28/tech-102198.htm

Miscellaneous

"Alberta marketing professor has warning for eBay users," National Post, 3/1/05
http://digbig.com/4ctek

"Circuit City breaks with Amazon: Electronics retailer stops selling products through Amazon.com after relaunching its online store," (Reuters), Money.cnn.com, 2/28/05
http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/technology/circuitcity_amazon.reut

"E-mail reliability at risk as spam controls get more aggressive," Anick Jesdanun - Canadian Press (AP), National Post, 2/28/05
http://digbig.com/4csxs