Garnor Morantes

Earlier this year we upgraded the eBay Discussion Boards platform to include additional features and a fresh, new look.

Since then, many of our members have continued to provide us with helpful suggestions to further improve the platform. We've listened to your input and a new set of enhancements are on the way in the coming weeks, including:

• Changes to the "Reply with Quote" function to better present the quoted text and automatically remove signatures
• A modification to the spell check functionality to highlight misspelled words
• Creation of a new "Helpful Topics" area to highlight some tacked threads, thereby freeing up more space at the top of a board
• Reinstatement of pagination links at the top of each page
• Renaming of the "Popular Topics" box to "Active Topics"
• Repositioning of the action icons (such as updated, new, etc.) on a board page to make them more visible.

eBay Discussion Boards Unavailable from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, October 21st
eBay Discussion Boards will be unavailable from approximately 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Eastern Time) on October 21st, so we can add these upgrades. Once we’re back online, we encourage you to jump right in and explore these newly enhanced features.

Regards,
Garnor Morantes

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Andrea Stairs

Today, the winners of our 5th annual eBay Canada Entrepreneur of the Year awards were announced.

Shaun Shienfield (Knetgolfcanada) of Toronto has been crowned eBay Canada’s 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year. He uses eBay to sell 20 million golf balls to more than 250,000 golfers every year and has become one of the largest Internet golf retailers in the world.

Mike Winkelmann (west_coast_food_machines) is named eBay Canada’s 2009 Comeback of the Year. After being forced to close his retail butcher shop and deli and file for bankruptcy, Mike turned to eBay to liquidate his store’s equipment. He was so successful that he created an entirely new career selling used restaurant equipment on eBay.

Along with the bragging rights, these top two Canadian entrepreneurs get a boost for their business with a cash prize, money towards a business course and eBay AdCommerce credits. Congratulations to Shaun and Mike!

The awards program recognizes eBay sellers coast-to-coast who run successful online businesses. Will you be next year’s Entrepreneur of the Year?

Sincerely,

Andrea Stairs
eBay Canada

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