Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, March 4, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Sellers on eBay may need a license - Auction law puts end to selling on eBay: Bill never intended to regulate individuals," by Michael Sangiacomo and Brian Albrecht, The Plain Dealer, 3/4/05 http://digbig.com/4ctrh

"QXL auction site backs rival bid," (Press Association), The Guardian, 3/4/05
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1430052,00.html

"Taxman eyes eBay's "black economy,"" Contractor UK, 3/2/05
http://www.contractoruk.com/news/001975.html

"Look out eBay: USG launches "pBay," by Brett Amelkin, Daily Princetonian, 3/2/05
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/03/02/news/12209.shtml

"EBay Pays CEO $1.5 Million Bonus," by Chad Clinton, Wall Street Journal, 3/1/05
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"Online auction cuts £4.2m off MoD contract," by Daniel Thomas, (Computing), Personal Computer World, 3/2/05
http://www.pcw.co.uk/news/1161636

"Overstock.com Offers $500,000 for Eziba Assets," By John Fischer, Catalog Age, 3/2/05
http://catalogagemag.com/news/Overstock_Eziba_bid_0302

"Eziba moves closer to bankruptcy," By Karen Gardner, North Adams Transcript, 3/2/05
http://www.thetranscript.com/Stories/0,1413,103~9049~2740470,00.html

"Addicted to eBay - the Net junkies," By Oliver Stallwood, ThisIsLondon, 3/3/05
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/londoncuts/articles/17012532

Consignment Selling

"Using eBay without a computer: WeSell-It.Com sells people's items online for them," By Susan Temere, Ames Tribune, 3/1/05
http://digbig.com/4ctem

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

""Crazy big" breast implant being auctioned on eBay," (Reuters) CNN, 3/3/05
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/03/ebay.implants.reut/index.html

"Golfer finds sponsor through eBay" (AP), SI.com, 3/3/05
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/golf/03/03/bc.glf.golfer.sauction.ap

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES CAUGHT UP IN AUCTION SCAM," ContactMusic.com, 3/4/05
http://digbig.com/4ctqk

"Man Finds His Stolen Tools For Sale On eBay: Carpenter Buys Items, Contacts Police," WBAL Channel, 2/28/05
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/4240944/detail.html

"Man indicted in eBay robbery scam," (AP), Sydney Morning Herald, 3/4/05
http://digbig.com/4ctqb