At this time I would like to sincerely thank PatrickHarnett. He seems to be the only honest person left on these forums. I requested a withdrawal last night and received it in approximately 12 hours.
In light of the slew of scams recently, I've learned a few things:
- Don't do anything with BTC that you wouldn't do with cash
- Just because BTC is designed with the possibility of anonymity doesn't mean that all tx's should be anonymous
- Leave most of your money in cold storage
Again, thanks to PatrickHarnett for being trustworthy.
Did you contact him ahead of time? This is not typical (12 hr withdrawal time), as I and others have been waiting for the withdrawals to go through and it is expected to take about a week.
It was small. If you note my post way back in this thread, I keep most of my BTC in cold storage.
If it's any consolation, though: he's stopped accepting deposits, so why return my BTC before he runs? It could have paid for plenty of plane luggage.