They way I think they plan to return is something better than nothing.
Even if they do not refund the BTC, the bitcoin world still has people who would continue trading on that site and they will still make money from it irrespective of it. So not refunding and comeing back to try and resume is better for them than not refunding and leaving.
They will ofcourse find a way to refund everything, but i doubt it going to be in a short time, and also how will people trust them again if they dont plan of refunding ?
there are a lot more exchanger to trust rather than bter Which are those? Cryptsy? To me, cryptsy is the next gox, it is just a question of time. Maybe, poloniex? Has been "hacked" before due to a lame hole in the withdrawal system. Bittrex then? Can't say anything either against it, or in favor of it, not yet at least.
was talking about bittrex, and yes i agree cryptsy is gonna be the next gox, they got lot of complaint as far as i know but tend to keep it quiet, something for sure is wether how great an exchanger is, never store your funds in exchangers