ADVISORY/DoveBid Auctions Capital Assets April 2, 2001.

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
    ADVISORY for April
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To:     Business/technology editors/journalists interested in business
        auctions and electronic commerce

Who:    DoveBid, Inc., a world leader in Webcast industrial auctions,
        appraisals and asset disposition services.

What:   DoveBid webcasts real-time auctions live over the Internet at
        www.dovebid.com, and conducts featured online auctions and
        on-location auctions.

Where: Surplus asset sales and auctions scheduled for APRIL include:

      --  4/03/01- 4/04/01 Personal Computer Exchange (PCX) (online
        only)
      --  4/04/01 B.F. Goodrich Company - Landing Gear Division, Euless,
        TX
      --  4/05/01 CMI Industries, Inc., Glenview, IL
      --  4/05/01- 4/06/01 ADI Limited, Bendigo, Vic. Australia (4/6-4/7
        Australia EST)
      --  4/07/01 De Keuken-en Badkamerarchitecten B.V., Hoogvliet, The
        Netherlands
      --  4/10/01 G.E. Capital Asset Services & Trading Pty Ltd.
        Tullamarine, Vic., Australia (4/11 Australia EST)
      --  4/12/01 Comdial Corporation, Charlottesville, VA
      --  4/17/01 Lego Systems, Inc., Enfield, CT
      --  4/18/01 Dot-Com Exchange - Including assets from
        TargetFirst.com, Lifespire.com, Riffage.com, Appareon.com and
        Zatso.com, Mountain View, CA
      --  4/19/01 Tektronix, Inc. (online only)
      --  4/19/01 STM Graphics, Dallas, TX
      --  4/24/01 Indigo Textiles & Apparel, Inc., La Grange, GA
      --  4/25/01 Arvin Meritor Automotive (online only)
      --  4/25/01 Geocast Network Systems, Inc., Menlo Park, CA
      --  4/26/01 The Odman Corporation, Aurora, IL
      --  4/26/01 Agilent Technologies, Inc. (online only)
      --  4/30/01 Environment Engineering Services Pty. Ltd., Boronia,
        Vic. Australia (5/1 Australia EST)

How:    To participate, you may attend in-person at the location
        indicated or bid online. Register at www.dovebid.com.

      About DoveBid

      DoveBid, Inc. is a Webcast leader in industrial auctions,
appraisals and other capital asset disposition services for Global
2000 businesses. DoveBid has conducted thousands of industry-specific
auctions on behalf of corporations, government agencies and financial
institutions from around the world. DoveBid's portfolio of asset
disposition services includes live Webcast auctions, 24x7 online
auctions, featured online auctions, on-location auctions, sealed bid
Internet sales, and private treaty sales. Buyers and sellers can also
benefit from such transaction support services as appraisals, credit
rating, financing, inspection, insurance, maintenance, photography,
repair and operations procurement, and transportation and logistics.

      DoveBid has more than 20 offices throughout North America, Europe
and the Asia-Pacific region. More information on DoveBid can be found
at http://www.dovebid.com or by contacting company headquarters in
Foster City, California, at 800/665-1042 or 650/571-7400.
DoveBid and the DoveBid logo are trademarks of DoveBid, Inc.

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    CONTACT: DoveBid, Inc.
             Daphne Li, 650/377-2682
             [e-mail]
              or
             Sterling Communications (for media inquiries)
             Lisa Hawes, 408/441-4100
             [e-mail]

    KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERNET E-COMMERCE
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