Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | calsbricks  | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 12:25 | | Subject: | Re: multiple shipping addresses ? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, bje writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rarah writes:
| | Is it possible to create 2 addresses that I can always choose from when completing
an order? I have one address in Slovakia for most orders and one in Czech Republic
for CZ orders. Now the only way around is to simply edit my address and after
order placed change it back. because some stores have automated payment for shipping
and if I don´t change the country i don´t get the right options. I know people
in US will probably not understand why I need something but specifically for
people in SK/CZ many people have address in both countries to optimize shipping
cost etc. It´s from the past but that country difference makes me save 7 EUR
on shipping when I instead of 9€ pay just 2€.
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Not possible, despite it making complete sense. In fact on every webstore I've
used I get a billing and delivery address, even the certified store has that
here so it is nothing strange.
You will have to continue changing the address here every time
https://www.bricklink.com/pref_address.asp
I do not think sellers can see your history any longer so it is just inconvenient.
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We agree - it is strange and very old fashioned. It is a strong reason why we
do not use stores where online payment (paypal is used) the addres validation
does not work properly.
We need at least 2 addresses . We can have as many addresses as we need on Paypal
why not here?
| | I've had 21 of them since September last year
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: multiple shipping addresses ? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rarah writes:
| | Is it possible to create 2 addresses that I can always choose from when completing
an order? I have one address in Slovakia for most orders and one in Czech Republic
for CZ orders. Now the only way around is to simply edit my address and after
order placed change it back. because some stores have automated payment for shipping
and if I don´t change the country i don´t get the right options. I know people
in US will probably not understand why I need something but specifically for
people in SK/CZ many people have address in both countries to optimize shipping
cost etc. It´s from the past but that country difference makes me save 7 EUR
on shipping when I instead of 9€ pay just 2€.
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We share your issue with 2 locations for our store but nothing like this is going
to be done until the new owners are in and settled and reach out to the membership
for priorities etc.
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 12:09 | | Subject: | Re: multiple shipping addresses ? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rarah writes:
| | Is it possible to create 2 addresses that I can always choose from when completing
an order? I have one address in Slovakia for most orders and one in Czech Republic
for CZ orders. Now the only way around is to simply edit my address and after
order placed change it back. because some stores have automated payment for shipping
and if I don´t change the country i don´t get the right options. I know people
in US will probably not understand why I need something but specifically for
people in SK/CZ many people have address in both countries to optimize shipping
cost etc. It´s from the past but that country difference makes me save 7 EUR
on shipping when I instead of 9€ pay just 2€.
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Not possible, despite it making complete sense. In fact on every webstore I've
used I get a billing and delivery address, even the certified store has that
here so it is nothing strange.
You will have to continue changing the address here every time
https://www.bricklink.com/pref_address.asp
I do not think sellers can see your history any longer so it is just inconvenient.
I've had 21 of them since September last year
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| Author: | Rarah | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 11:57 | | Subject: | multiple shipping addresses ? | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Is it possible to create 2 addresses that I can always choose from when completing
an order? I have one address in Slovakia for most orders and one in Czech Republic
for CZ orders. Now the only way around is to simply edit my address and after
order placed change it back. because some stores have automated payment for shipping
and if I don´t change the country i don´t get the right options. I know people
in US will probably not understand why I need something but specifically for
people in SK/CZ many people have address in both countries to optimize shipping
cost etc. It´s from the past but that country difference makes me save 7 EUR
on shipping when I instead of 9€ pay just 2€.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 11:04 | | Subject: | Re: Search for multiple pieces shops | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, seclimar writes:
| | yes, this can help and solve partially...
would be nice to have all the shops that are fully (or partially) covering the
wanted list
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That’s what Wanted Lists are for.
When you have made a Wanted List, go to the Buy page ( https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page
).
Select your WL and it will show you all the stores that have some (or all) your
wanted items.
There are many options on the page.
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| Author: | seclimar | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 09:50 | | Subject: | Re: Search for multiple pieces shops | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| yes, this can help and solve partially...
would be nice to have all the shops that are fully (or partially) covering the
wanted list
thanks for the answer!
In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| | In Suggestions, seclimar writes:
| | I would like to have a search that allow to search multiple part numbers (maybe
comma separated)
so that I don't have manually to check if each seller is also selling other
needed parts
is already existent a similar funcionality ?
if today I need to buy 2 different pieces, I search for one part. in the list
of shops that appears, I will manually see all the ones selling also the second
part.
Imagine if I am looking for 3 or more different pieces!
thanks for any enhancement or tip
Marco
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If you create a wanted list then visit a shop you can then view the wanted items
that the shop has available
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 09:41 | | Subject: | Re: Search for multiple pieces shops | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, seclimar writes:
| | I would like to have a search that allow to search multiple part numbers (maybe
comma separated)
so that I don't have manually to check if each seller is also selling other
needed parts
is already existent a similar funcionality ?
if today I need to buy 2 different pieces, I search for one part. in the list
of shops that appears, I will manually see all the ones selling also the second
part.
Imagine if I am looking for 3 or more different pieces!
thanks for any enhancement or tip
Marco
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If you create a wanted list then visit a shop you can then view the wanted items
that the shop has available
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| Author: | seclimar | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 09:28 | | Subject: | Search for multiple pieces shops | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I would like to have a search that allow to search multiple part numbers (maybe
comma separated)
so that I don't have manually to check if each seller is also selling other
needed parts
is already existent a similar funcionality ?
if today I need to buy 2 different pieces, I search for one part. in the list
of shops that appears, I will manually see all the ones selling also the second
part.
Imagine if I am looking for 3 or more different pieces!
thanks for any enhancement or tip
Marco
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 23, 2020 00:12 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Many historic accounts, such as major contributors or Dan's own personal
account were intentionally untouched by the process.
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Thank you for sharing.
I was wondering why Swanberg's account retained the name. Since major contributors
will not be turned into blusers at some point, then I feel much better about
the whole thing.
I don't want to be a bluser. 
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 21:41 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 148 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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BrickLink
ID CardAdmin_Russell
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Location:  USA, California |
| Member Since |
Contact |
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Status |
| May 9, 2017 |
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Admin |
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| BrickLink Administrator |
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| In Suggestions, BLUSER13161 writes:
| | In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | I noticed this user name a few weeks ago. I wondered what is going on because
the users have some feedback but is no longer registered.
Can you share what you learned?
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Recently there was a secret clearing-out of old BrickLink accounts, presumably
related to the site sale to TLG. No information was released, but members noticed
that the number of registered users suddenly dropped dramatically.
The criteria for removing accounts was not shared, but I assume it was based
on the last time a member logged into the site. So perhaps if a member had not
logged in for five years, for example, their account was deleted (or, if not
deleted, somehow removed from the list of registered users).
Around the same time I noticed these Bluser accounts as contributors. I didn't
connect the two events until today when I looked at the contributions page for
inventories and figured out what was going on. The site needed to maintain credit
for catalog work completed, but with accounts deleted/disabled there was no username
to credit.
Note that this page, last updated in 2010, claims that accounts cannot be deleted
if certain conditions have been met. Some of those conditions are contributing
to the catalog:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=129
So certain accounts were renamed, although it doesn't look like they were
deleted. Not sure why they needed to be renamed, since this was all done (as
usual) in secret.
Here's what the Bluser accounts mean:
BLUSER_40105 = BrickLink USER ID 40105
All of the above is pure speculation, but it is based on reasonably solid logic.
Hope it helps.
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Many accounts were recently deactivated if they had not logged in for a considerable
length of time (several years). In order to preserve the integrity of the catalog
and database in general, the accounts were not deleted, but were fully anonymized
instead.
If people choose to reactivate their account, their old username will reappear
on their account just as they were originally. All they need to do is follow
the instructions on the email they were sent. We may change the BLUSER_######
format in the near future to be less conspicuous on catalog credit pages. Probably
something lowercase, not so predictable, and shorter.
Many historic accounts, such as major contributors or Dan's own personal
account were intentionally untouched by the process.
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| Author: | markmamer | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 18:47 | | Subject: | Re: My own private warehouse to keep my inventory | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Jpbsl writes:
| | In Suggestions, markmamer writes:
| | Is there a way to put my own inventory up on the site under my own private warehouse?
I do not want to be a seller yet but I would like to keep my inventory on the
site.
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did you figure this out? I'm in the same process.
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i think the best suggestion was to create closed store to put my inventory in.
I going to try that.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 15:40 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mhortar writes:
| | In Suggestions, BLUSER13161 writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Yes, it’s just part of the anonymisation of unregistered users. (GDPR)
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I should have read this first. This is the likely explanation of what has occurred.
Now I'm wondering if there is a way I can prevent my account from being
made anonymous in the event that I am unable to temporarily or permanently log
into my account.
And I think it is unfortunate that a good thing (the fight for privacy) has resulted
in a bad thing (erasing people if they're absent long enough).
Have I mentioned that it would be nice if BrickLink communicated with us?
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I think you are reading too much into it. Your username is a way to personally
identify you. Users in certain regions have the legal right to request that you
delete all personal information about them. Anonymizing the user id of people
that have requested to be unregistered from the site is a way to keep the contributions
made while removing the personally identifying information. I doubt there is
a mechanism to anonymize anyone that hasn't explicitly requested to be unregistered.
Josh
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"As online privacy concerns continue to be taken more seriously, we are starting
to develop policies and procedures for handling private information in a responsible
and transparent manner. This has nothing to do with the sale of the site, as
these policies have been under development (slowly) since the early part of 2019."
"-the username on the terminated account may be replaced."
https://www.bricklink.com/messagePost.asp?ID=1168556
I do wonder about the official Q&A that never happened, but cleaning house takes
precedence.
Your (previous) username is in the Hall of Fame.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 15:38 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BLUSER13161 writes:
Ha! I noticed a huge uptick of these names in peoples feedback. Neat-o
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| Author: | Egcwatch | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 15:09 | | Subject: | Re: Change NPB Timeline | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I am in total agreement that 2 weeks is too long. I don't know any place
else that waits 2 weeks for payment before cancelling. My inventory is tied
up constantly. Most of the time it's a 0 feedback buyer or an international
buyer that doesn't like the shipping charges (even though they are clearly
posted). They don't respond. It's so frustrating. If for some reason
you don't want the order please contact the seller. We should be able to
file a NPB after 3 days and cancel 4 days later. 1 week total. I think that
is way more than enough time to pay for your order. Why are we giving people
7 days to pay before we can even file the NPB? It's ridiculous.
In Suggestions, JerseyGirl689 writes:
| | In Suggestions, mscheaf writes:
| | In Suggestions, JerseyGirl689 writes:
| | In Suggestions, MidwestBrick writes:
| | I had enough of these in the last few weeks that waiting 2 full weeks is painful
to complete them.
I don't mind the 1 week to pay before it is started. But another full 7 days
to complete the NPB is not necessary.
I would propose 3 additional days and that is it. Let us get our stock back
in our stores to sell to someone else instead of being held at our will for 14
full days when 10 is plenty enough.
I can't be the only one that feels this way and 14 days might have worked
10-15 years ago when access to Smart-Phones wasn't as widespread, but these
days, you can't go far without having the ability to respond. Thanks
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I completely agree, 7 days to open, 3 days to close, with or without a response.
If they have time to respond they can use that time to pay. If they can't
afford to pay, they shouldn't have made the purchase to start with.
Also, to those sellers who simply cancel and move on, you're leaving yourself
open to a retaliatory negative FB and enabling a NPB to continue doing the same
thing to other sellers. I have inventory held hostage right now for a NPB, despite
the fact his FB clearly shows this is a habit. If those sellers had used the
NPB process, as they should have, he would have been suspended and my inventory
would be free right now.
Darcy
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Yes they can leave a neg, but 90% of the time it a a zero feedback buyer doing
this. When they get the negative back from the seller they will find themselves
at -1 and find it much more difficult to buy from anyone.
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Yes 90% of the time it is zero or low FB buyers, but that really doesn't
matter, it's still an undeserved blemish on your record. This is strangers
dealing with strangers, IMHO your reputation is just as important as your customer
service and parts quality.
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And I do agree that I am making the problem worse by not following the process,
but the process just plain sucks and I'm not wasting my time dealing with
it.
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You're right, the NPB process sucks, but it's all we have right now,
so we have to deal with it. Otherwise NPB's are going to continue wasting
our time and tying up our inventory for nothing.
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I wish I could figure out the instant payment for the single boxed sets I sell.
I know exactly how much they will weigh and how big the shipping box is for each
sealed set I have. But I am just too stupid to figure it out. I really wish it
would just calculate it for me like ebay does. I'm considering actually just
offering free shipping and having instant payment but I would be buried so far
in the listings I would never be seen.
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As for IC, haven't even tried so IDK. I pull and recheck every part, weigh
and manually send invoices. I want to know everything is perfect and correct
before invoicing and shipping. Actually if they implement their proposed changes
it seems we'll be forced to use IC, which is why I've started exploring
other options. It sucks, I've been here a long time and really like it,
but if or when they do force it on us I'll be closing my store and moving
on. This nonsense of if they payed too much you have to refund, if they paid
too little you have to eat it, doesn't work for me.
Darcy
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 15:07 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BLUSER13161 writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Yes, it’s just part of the anonymisation of unregistered users. (GDPR)
|
I should have read this first. This is the likely explanation of what has occurred.
Now I'm wondering if there is a way I can prevent my account from being
made anonymous in the event that I am unable to temporarily or permanently log
into my account.
And I think it is unfortunate that a good thing (the fight for privacy) has resulted
in a bad thing (erasing people if they're absent long enough).
Have I mentioned that it would be nice if BrickLink communicated with us?
|
I think you are reading too much into it. Your username is a way to personally
identify you. Users in certain regions have the legal right to request that you
delete all personal information about them. Anonymizing the user id of people
that have requested to be unregistered from the site is a way to keep the contributions
made while removing the personally identifying information. I doubt there is
a mechanism to anonymize anyone that hasn't explicitly requested to be unregistered.
Josh
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 14:22 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Yes, it’s just part of the anonymisation of unregistered users. (GDPR)
|
I should have read this first. This is the likely explanation of what has occurred.
Now I'm wondering if there is a way I can prevent my account from being
made anonymous in the event that I am unable to temporarily or permanently log
into my account.
And I think it is unfortunate that a good thing (the fight for privacy) has resulted
in a bad thing (erasing people if they're absent long enough).
Have I mentioned that it would be nice if BrickLink communicated with us?
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 14:08 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | Can you remove the underscore instead?
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Yes.
Now I am who BrickLink sees me as.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 14:02 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | I'd rather be remembered as StormChaser, not BLUSER_13161.
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Well, I thought I'd get a head start on them and exercise some choice in
the matter. Unfortunately, they were smarter than I thought and have prohibited
me from changing my username.
It will be changed someday, but only when I have no say-so in the matter. Ah,
they think of everything. Except some of the things that matter.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 13:53 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | bluser numbers assigned already
but just happen to be known by our chosen usernames instead.
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Yes, your bluser number can be seen by going to your Account Info page. The
second bit of information there is titled User ID. That's your bluser number.
Someday in the distant future, when we're all dead, they'll eject us
from the system and make us blusers, too. Not too fond of the idea, as I'd
rather be remembered as StormChaser, not BLUSER_13161.
Doesn't matter what I want, though.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 13:51 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | It looks like the numbers are all in order of the date of registration too. So
it wouldn't surprise me if we all have our bluser numbers assigned already
but just happen to be known by our chosen usernames instead.
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Yes, that is how databases work.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 13:50 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | I noticed this user name a few weeks ago. I wondered what is going on because
the users have some feedback but is no longer registered.
Can you share what you learned?
|
Recently there was a secret clearing-out of old BrickLink accounts, presumably
related to the site sale to TLG. No information was released, but members noticed
that the number of registered users suddenly dropped dramatically.
The criteria for removing accounts was not shared, but I assume it was based
on the last time a member logged into the site. So perhaps if a member had not
logged in for five years, for example, their account was deleted (or, if not
deleted, somehow removed from the list of registered users).
Around the same time I noticed these Bluser accounts as contributors. I didn't
connect the two events until today when I looked at the contributions page for
inventories and figured out what was going on. The site needed to maintain credit
for catalog work completed, but with accounts deleted/disabled there was no username
to credit.
Note that this page, last updated in 2010, claims that accounts cannot be deleted
if certain conditions have been met. Some of those conditions are contributing
to the catalog:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=129
So certain accounts were renamed, although it doesn't look like they were
deleted. Not sure why they needed to be renamed, since this was all done (as
usual) in secret.
Here's what the Bluser accounts mean:
BLUSER_40105 = BrickLink USER ID 40105
All of the above is pure speculation, but it is based on reasonably solid logic.
Hope it helps.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 13:43 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, mfav writes:
| | In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | | | I figured it out finally, but it would be helpful to have a brief explanation
of Blusers in the Help Center somewhere.
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| | Can you share what you learned?
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Blusers = BL Users
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Yes, it’s just part of the anonymisation of unregistered users. (GDPR)
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It looks like the numbers are all in order of the date of registration too. So
it wouldn't surprise me if we all have our bluser numbers assigned already
but just happen to be known by our chosen usernames instead.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 13:30 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mfav writes:
| | In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | | | I figured it out finally, but it would be helpful to have a brief explanation
of Blusers in the Help Center somewhere.
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| | Can you share what you learned?
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Blusers = BL Users
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Yes, it’s just part of the anonymisation of unregistered users. (GDPR)
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| Author: | mfav | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 13:27 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, dcarmine writes:
| | | | I figured it out finally, but it would be helpful to have a brief explanation
of Blusers in the Help Center somewhere.
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| | Can you share what you learned?
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Blusers = BL Users
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| Author: | dcarmine | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 13:23 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
I noticed this user name a few weeks ago. I wondered what is going on because
the users have some feedback but is no longer registered.
Can you share what you learned?
Thanks
Donna
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