Here is today's AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup.

"eBay sellers claim lost sales," BBC, 4/17/07
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/working_lunch/6560987.stm

"Long-term careers are set aside for eBay businesses," By KRISTIN DIZON, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/17/07
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/311827_ebaysellers17.html

"Chain of eBay drop shops cops it?" E-consultancy, 4/17/07
http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/363089/chain-of-ebay-drop-shops-cops-it.html

"As predicted: Yahoo! and eBay announce Paypal Checkout deal to counter Google Checkout," posted by Scot Wingo on his eBay Strategies blog, 4/17/07
http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com/ebay_strategies/2007/04/as_predicted_ya.html

"The Paypal vendetta," posted on the ValleyWag blog, 4/13/07
http://www.valleywag.com/tech/feuds/the-paypal-vendetta-252177.php

"eBay feels the harsh reality of competition," By Nicholas Ning, Shanghai Daily, 4/17/07
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=312871&type=Business

"U.S. giant eBay loses ground to Taobao," (China Daily), xinhuanet, 4/17/07
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/17/content_5986382.htm

"Project San Dimas Beta: Cleaning Up eBay's UI," by Nick Gonzales, TechCrunch, 4/16/07
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/16/projectsandimas-public-beta-cleaning-up-ebays-ui

"FatDoor Crawls the Web for Neighbor Info," posted by Peter Krasilovsky on the Kelsey Group blog, 4/17/07
http://206.106.174.250/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=1766