What?! Are you talking about gox or stamp? 'Stamp takes 2-3 days at most.
How many times have you verified at Bitstamp to be able to make such a claim?
I have verified 3 times with Bitstamp, it can take much longer. Last verification took 7 working days, that's a life time in Bitcoin.
Agree, had to re-submit several times; and delays ran up to +7 days.