1 Exhibit 17.3 UBID.COM(TM) WHERE YOU SET THE PRICE(TM) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 10, 20000 Stephen G. Schafer Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss One Woodward Avenue Suite 2400 Detroit, MI 48226 Dear Mr. Schafer: Due to a variety of projects which I have undertaken and the growth of uBid, Inc., I would like to resign from the Board of Directors of D.I.Y. Home Warehouse, Inc. effective immediately. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, /s/ Gregory K. Jones Gregory K. Jones CEO uBid, Inc. cc: Fred A. Erb John M. Erb Clifford L. Reynolds John A. Shields Mark A. Timmerman Ira J. Jaffe R. Scott Eynon www.ubid.com - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 773-272-5000-fax 773-272-4000 8550 west bryn mawr suite 200, chicago, il. 60631