Brickshelf

[talos]

I was wondering if very many use or look at Brickshelf? I was trying to create an account there, and it was kind of frustrating. It seems a bit stuck in the 90's. Trying to make a strong password, was pretty much useless, since nearly all the special characters were not allowed. I set up an account, and was told to wait for an email to validate it, but still haven't received anything. I am wondering if it was automated or not, and I am actually waiting for someone to manually approve me, and send the message.

Do you regularly go to that site? I wonder if its worth the bother to try and use it.

[LEGO Guy Bri]

I use Brickshelf as part of my "owned set list" or when looking at set availability. It has been a few years, but I did change my username in 2013, a couple years after original creation. Back then I received a email very quick and had it changed in about a day and seemed to have been typed by a person. I cannot remember how long I had to wait for the confirmation email for setting up the account though. Getting back into LEGO in 2010 i created accounts there, here and Bricklink all within a few months. I do remember one of them taking a few days to get confirmed. I wish I could provide a little more info, but that is the history of my Brickshelf experience.

I will say I do like the site. It's very easy to navigate and to search and find sets. I also like how when looking at a particular set, there are options that will directly link it to LEGO.com (if available there), ebay, and Amazon. I always check Amazon when buying new sets over LEGO.com because some have massive price decreases. You only forfeit VIP points, but saving 5-20% off MSRP is usually worth it. The set info panel on right is also nice with the 'Availability' feature, prices (EU, US, Can), set year, piece count and other bits about the set. All in all, I think it's a great site

Edited August 2, 2015 by LEGO Guy Bri

[talos]

^thanks for the insight, I figure I can just wait and see if they send me the link to finish the account setup.

I agree, shopping around for best price is worth it, and the easier it is to do that, the better.

[Gnac]

Is this thread about BrickSHELF, or BrickSET?

I'm more confused than usual for a sunday.

Edited August 2, 2015 by Gnac

[talos]

^Brickshelf. I can't log in, until they send me an email with a link...I can only do search and basic browsing without an activated account...

[dr_spock]

I recall the verification email coming in quickly when I registered on Brickshelf. I wonder if your email problems with LEGO.com order confirmations is also at play here.

[talos]

^tell that to all the spammers that get messages through to me! LOL. I don't know, its very selective if the problem is on my end.

If I don't get anything by the end of today, I will try the contact address for them, see if there is a problem, or what...

[talos]

I realized that I had tried to create an account over the weekend, and would wait a few more days into this week to see if anything materialized..but no, nothing. So I sent an email asking what is going on with my account creation, and now into 2 days, and no response back...

[LEGO Guy Bri]

Just a thought, but have you checked your spam or junk mail boxes? I know that every time I created an account on a site like this or Brickshelf, etc, my Mac would send the first confirmation straight to my 'Junk' box. I would then move it to my 'Inbox' where any further corresponding emails, from admins or what have you, all go. I told and computer learned

[Hinckley]

I reccomend using Flickr. I've found Brickshelf to be unreliable and the site owner has a history of threatening to pull the plug.

[AmperZand]

I use Brickshelf (see my sig). It's sometimes slow to approve images and its picture naming format is quite restrictive but otherwise I haven't had any problems with it.

[Umbra-Manis]

Bricksafe all the way. No random outages, slow loading pages or weird constant changes.

[talos]

I am not going to try pursuing it anymore, they haven't bothered to respond to my email asking for help getting my profile activated..I will look into the other sites...