Is Gox a safe place to trade if so, has anyone actually got their money from them when they withdrew?.
I am waiting for my verification to go through, its been about 2 weeks. Bastards will let you deposit coins, but wont let you take them out without verification. Is there anything i can do about this?
Use Coinbase. Far more reliable since it's backed by American venture capital.
It's reliable if you have a credit card and a US bank account, particularly Chase. It instantly verifies Chase accounts and you can set up instant-buy if you have a credit card. Once your first transaction goes through, you should immediately send an email asking to be whitelisted, or they may flag your future transactions for fraudulent, high-risk activity and ultimately may cancel your entire transaction. I've had it happen to me several times, like that one night we went from 800s to high 900s and I was pretty upset about that. Besides the account flagging, everything else is pretty streamlined.