Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, March 22, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Ruling may force eBay to drop buy-it-now feature from site," By Chris Gaither (Los Angeles Times), LongmontFYI.com, 3/20/05
http://www.longmontfyi.com/tcBusiness/bizStories.asp?ID=1514

"Papers Battle Web For Classifieds," Lisa Baertlein (Reuters), xtramsn.co.nz, 3/21/05
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11965-4215499,00.html

"A change in fees at eBay adds up to $50,000-plus for one retailer," Internet Retailer, 3/18/05
http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=14446

"The art of the Internet: One frame may not fit all," By Porter Anderson, CNN, 3/18/05
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/03/18/artists.online

"Auction mania to surf through valley," By Scott Perkins, Courier News, 3/21/05
http://www.couriernews.com/story.asp?ID=8215

"Despite changes, auction industry thriving," By MADHUSMITA BORA, Gannett News Service
http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/business/b032105a.htm

Consignment Selling

"Put it on eBay," by Scott Shepard, Memphis Business Journal, March 2005
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/salespower/2005/03/21/1.html

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Dorito "resembling" Pope's hat for sale on Ebay," by By Adamson Rust over Rockall, The Register, 3/20/05
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21959

"That's on eBay? Hmm ... Wausau couple can't sell rights to name their unborn son just yet," By Jake Rigdon, Wausau Daily Herald
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhlocal/285497562508906.shtm

"Coke Zero headed for shelves in June, taste preview hits eBay in April," Atlanta Business Chronicle, 4/21/05
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2005/03/21/daily7.html?jst=b_ln_hl

"Iowa students hook up as prom dates through eBay auction" (AP), Sioux City Journal, 3/21/05
http://digbig.com/4cysj

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"$60,000 in stolen tools found by police in raid - Valley news briefs," Arizona Republic, 3/20/05
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0320valleybriefs20.html

"Web firm owner convicted in eBay scam," by Jerry Siebenmark, Wichita Business Journal, 3/18/05
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2005/03/14/daily35.html

"Net tightens gray-market retail vise," By Paul Festa, Cnet, 3/21/05
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5628742.html

Miscellaneous

"Help (May Be) on the Way: Companies know they do a lousy job with online customer support. Now some are promising to change their ways. We'll see," By MARCELO PRINCE, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 3/21/05
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http://digbig.com/4cysp

"Utah governor signs Net-porn bill," By Declan McCullagh, Cnet, 3/21/05
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5629067.html