Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, May 24, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"eBay drop-off stores balk at regulation," by Katie Hafner, (New York Times), Cnet, 5/24/05 http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5717724.html

"China's Future: A Nation of Geeks?" By David Kirkpatrick, Fortune magazine
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,1063827,00.html

"Alibaba: eBay Will Soon Have Less Influence In China," ChinaTechNews.com, 5/23/05
http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=2635

"eBay's Elusive German Growth," By Kevin Kelleher, TheStreet.com, 5/23/05
http://digbig.com/4dmrq

"Drop-off points ease EBay selling," by Karla Ward, Lexington Herald-Leader, 5/23/05
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/business/11702813.htm

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Mother Who Auctioned Kids On eBay Gets New Deal," News Channel 10, 5/23/05
http://www.turnto10.com/news/4519034/detail.html

"Pope's old flat up for sale in online auction," Reuters, 5/23/05
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8576264

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Beware all the Dell boys on eBay ," by Miles Brignall, Guardian Unlimited, 5/21/05
http://money.guardian.co.uk/consumerissues/story/0,14150,1488946,00.html

"Man dissatisfied with eBay deal gets money back with COMBAT," Bangor Daily News, 5/23/05
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113916&z=12

"Court orders woman to pay back customers for eBay purchases" (AP), Wthr.com, 5/22/05
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=3374801

"Web Site Flaws Let Spammers, Phishers Build User Profiles," By Gregg Keizer, InformationWeek, 5/23/05
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163700352

Miscellaneous

"Making Auctions Work Best for Corporate Sponsors and Fundraisers," By Jon Carson, onPhilanthropy.com, 5/20/05
http://www.onphilanthropy.com/bestpract/bp2005-05-20.html