@nomadicmad
I had a similar problem, my wallet client was showing 'synced' but wasn't actually at the correct block height... but deleting my blockchain data and starting from scratch worked for me. My mined coins finally appeared upon a proper sync.
I think my problem had something to do with using one of the blockchain download links from the first post. Maybe those should be updated or removed if they are indeed part of the problem.
You were correct. the problem started when i downloaded that blockchain from the first page download link AFTER this problem occurred. My miner and both wallets were working fine. The problems started for me when I downloaded that shit... and attempted to fix something that was never broken on my end..so... THANKS FOR THAT. (a sincere thank you to nomadic to actually figuring this out)
I was going to hang in there for another week or two and see how it went but .... WAY TOO MUCH shady going on here. Maybe you guys are legit but it doesn't appear that way from the outside. Funny how these 'issues' are never in favor of the miners. Is there a dev team behind this or are we talking one guy part time on the weekends?
Ok, thanks - I've removed the blockchain download section temporarily given two reports of problems caused with them.