don't see mt.gox as an option on bitinstant anymore.
I'm guessing they pulled it temporarily to catch up with orders and such.
If BitInstant can't scale up as Bitcoin becomes a world class currency, then they deserve to fail.
Me personally? I am finally doing what I should have done - I am verifying my MtGox account. Then I can fund directly from Dwolla and won't have to pay 20 per $1000. This is horse-shit.
But you are still going to use Bitinstant, right? Also when you dump funds into Dwolla they hold them for 7 days. You can't do anything.
That really depends. It would be hard to say at this point because I did my 'instant' transfer on Thursday - got answers late Friday. I was very upset, having lost the opportunity to buy back in at $77.00 (had it been instant), knowing that I HAD timed things right and now, it's nearly 4 days later, and we are nearing $100.00 again on Gox - I got several emails explaining things but no resolution.
Last I heard it was queued and would process, Friday night, blaming the MtGox API and DDOS attack. But, MtGox is fast now, and volume is only 21k (rare to see it that low). If Bitinstant were my business, I certainly would not take the weekend off - nor would I leave this many people hanging for so long.
Not worried about Dwolla. I can deal with a system where I know they are going to hold my money for 7 days - I just maintain $5-7k there so I don't have to wait to make transfers. (the bank pays no interest anyway.)
Well, we will see what happens when Yankee resurfaces tomorrow. If he handles things, I will try one more - within unspoken limits and see if it goes through.