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Technology Stocks : EBAY's Passe? New Auction Sites -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David H. Walker who wrote (42)	2/21/1999 10:20:00 PM
From: lindalib	Respond to of 91

Depends...how are they promoted?

To: David H. Walker who wrote (42)	2/22/1999 1:59:00 AM
From: GCAT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 91

This is the best copycat site of Ebay so far. It makes me wonder about how it could be any better than Ebay. I say the advantage still goes to Ebay. Most people don't know it, but Ebay was in buisness a few years before it went public, and they are just beginning to feel their oats.

To: David H. Walker who wrote (42)	3/1/1999 9:07:00 AM
From: lindalib	Respond to of 91

Check this out: WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999--Securities Resolution Advisors, Inc. (OTC BB:SRAD) announced today that it has unveiled its "personal search feature" for Internet Auction Inc. The Auction Inc. Division -- announces its new "Personal Lot List" feature. This feature revolutionizes the way in which online users can retrieve information for which previously searched. This feature can be accessed from almost anywhere on the web-site. This is an improvement over search features offered by other Internet Auction Companies such as eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY), uBid Inc. (Nasdaq:UBID), Onsale Inc. (Nasdaq:ONSL), and Excite Auction (Nasdaq:XCIT). Buyers and sellers spend considerable time on auction sites looking for items. The Auction Inc. "Personal Lot List" allows the user to capture information in real time. In addition, the system will E-mail the user with updated information on specific items or whole categories. This feature unique to Auction Inc. saves the user time and helps provide the seller and buyer with instant access to information. The web-site is located at www.auctioninc.com. Auction Inc. is a fully integrated Internet Auction service specializing in collectibles and other memorabilia. Other divisions include: Rotman Auction: www.rotmanauction.com World Wide Collectors Digest: www.wwcd.com This release contains forward-looking statements with the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and assumptions upon which forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, and it can give no assurance that such expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct. --30--bl/ny* eb CONTACT: Internet Auction Inc. Penny LaFortune, 508/753-0945 or For Press Relations: Silesky Marketing Inc. Susan Silesky, 410/486-3907