Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, April 11, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"EBay picks Phoenix for data center: Online firm buys building on 3rd St.," by Glen Creno (The Arizona Republic), AZCentral.com, 4/7/05
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0407ebay-ON.html

"Overstock.com grows fastest in top 10 online shopping destinations," InternetRetailer.com, 4/8/05
http://internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=14638

"Tucsonans clean up on eBay: Many find extra income just by putting their old dust collectors online to be gobbled up as collectibles," by Gabrielle Fimbres, Tucson Citizen, 4/9/05
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=business&story_id=040905a1_ebaygood

"A First-Class Crisis In The Making? As mail and commerce move to the Net, the U.S. Postal Service is facing a slump," by Adam Aston, Businessweek, 4/11/05
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_15/b3928015.htm

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Lincoln police sell items through online auction," By LEAH THORSEN, Lincoln Journal Star, 4/10/05
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/04/10/local/doc425843d3ccc19226643055.txt

"Ebay bidders go wild for April 8 memorabilia," By Becky Barrow, Telegraph, 4/9/05
http://digbig.com/4dcyn

"eBay auction to dole out seating for new Six Flags roller coaster," by Matt Porio, Asbury Park Press 04/9/05
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050409/NEWS02/504090458/1070

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Webster girl, 16, is accused of eBay scam," by Maeleeke J. Lavan, (Rochester) Democrat & Chronicle, 4/8/05
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050408/NEWS01/504080392/1002/NEWS

"Student arrested for stealing school equipment, selling on eBay," (AP), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/8/05
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Student%20Theft

"Two pacemakers sold on eBay," (UPI), Washington Times, 4/8/05
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050408-032754-1251r.htm

"Web scam lures with cheap airfares" (AFP), iAfrica, 4/7/05
http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/430653.htm