Quote from: sturle on October 08, 2013, 09:41:10 AM

Quote from: trdiablo on October 08, 2013, 08:50:27 AM

So can one person explain to me why these banks that are supposed to be throwing roadblocks in front of MtGox "because they want to stop/slow down bitcoin" do not throw these roadblocks in front of Bitstamp or BTC-E or any other big exchange?

Which planet have you been living on for the last three years? This problem is not unique to MtGox. 40% of all exchanges have been forced to close in full or partly due to problems with banks. MtGox has had at least three bank accounts closed. (+ their PayPal account.)

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Why is Bitstamp able to process my deposit in 2 days? And how is it possible that a withdraw from Bitstamp also only takes 2 or max 3 days?

MtGox can process your deposit in EUR (via SEPA) next day, or JPY in Japan in 2-3 hours. Please ask Bitstamp how their withdrawal time is possible, but their volume is much smaller than MtGox's. This is probably an important factor. Bitstamp had problems recently as well, with banks refusing to transfer deposits. Full verification of identity is now a requirement to trade there.

Ahh, the shill strikes again. Our keyboard warrior defending MtGox like his (or her?) life depends on it.
I have been living on planet earth and I have had no problems with deposit/withdrawal from/to Bitstamp and BTC-E. So yes, the problem seems to be unique to the clusterduck organization called MtGox. Bitstamp volume is also not much smaller than MtGox, get your facts straight.
Bitstamp exchanged 10,309 BTC/USD while MtGox exchanged only 4591 BTC/USD. Source: http://www.cryptocoincharts.info/#jump-btc-usd B.itstamp also doesn't offer any of the other withdrawals like Okpay, Paypal, only withdrawal to EUR. So yes, it is possible to do.

Don't get me wrong, I still like MtGox and I will continue to do business with them. I am not here to bash them, I just want them to be more transparent.
Like I said earlier, if I have to wait 6 weeks for my SEPA withdrawal I can live with that but when I email the servicedesk I expect them to tell me that I have x amount of days left and not their robot answer "we will process as quickly as possible"