Speaking of MTGox I've got an international wire for 500 pounds after 12 days still not arrived.

You should list your troubles with Paypal, Amazon, your classmates and all the others since you are already on a roll. I bet they are all assholes.
And care to explain the
Bum member of staff who answered the phone while
hung over in bed and hurled abuse at me ?,

The number on Intersango's site clearly says +44.... and not +1. What's more likely? That you dialed the wrong number or that Intersango has a forward on their own cost to some random guy in South Dakota, or whereever?