Well it's morning and still no BTC in my wallet or my Mt. Gox account... I did at least wake up to 2 replies, and I thank you for taking the time to respond to a newbie post 
I can't help but wonder why this exchange is so popular. It took them 6 weeks to verify me, and bitstamp was one day. Then to get money out, you must go through another (undetermined) waiting period while your bank info is 'verified'. I submitted that information about a week ago, and the account still has not been updated. Additionally, there is a $1000 per day limit unless you send them the paperwork to become 'trusted'. The paperwork isn't too much to get together, but how long then will THAT verification process take?
Obviously, the higher price fetched on Mt Gox is appealing, but if you have to go through so much stress to get paid the price doesn't matter. After singing up for a Mt Gox account nearly 3 months ago, I still can not make a cash withdrawal, so even if the price were $1 Million each, what good is it?
*Sigh*... For me it's 5 BTC, and whether I get them in a day, week or month, it won't matter much as long as I wind up getting them I suppose. I just know for me, that Mt. Gox is not where I want to transact exchanges. Seems to me with all the money they are making that they would want to have a more efficient system in place. I do have to ask... Is there a chance these BTC are gone forever?
If it matters, the transaction hashes are:
9b60b75da3c8947fe323b13904abd91d26239fa5ccf29a5ef5f2561545d59d47 and
f4c65e84b564ba0de02689511615dcd7f68c01c0712cab9ede0d45b89563a7a7
I'll simply wait and hope that this truly is a legitimate system problem and that I will wind up with my BTC at SOME point.
I can't help but wonder why this exchange is so popular. It took them 6 weeks to verify me, and bitstamp was one day. Then to get money out, you must go through another (undetermined) waiting period while your bank info is 'verified'. I submitted that information about a week ago, and the account still has not been updated. Additionally, there is a $1000 per day limit unless you send them the paperwork to become 'trusted'. The paperwork isn't too much to get together, but how long then will THAT verification process take?
Obviously, the higher price fetched on Mt Gox is appealing, but if you have to go through so much stress to get paid the price doesn't matter. After singing up for a Mt Gox account nearly 3 months ago, I still can not make a cash withdrawal, so even if the price were $1 Million each, what good is it?
*Sigh*... For me it's 5 BTC, and whether I get them in a day, week or month, it won't matter much as long as I wind up getting them I suppose. I just know for me, that Mt. Gox is not where I want to transact exchanges. Seems to me with all the money they are making that they would want to have a more efficient system in place. I do have to ask... Is there a chance these BTC are gone forever?
If it matters, the transaction hashes are:
9b60b75da3c8947fe323b13904abd91d26239fa5ccf29a5ef5f2561545d59d47 and
f4c65e84b564ba0de02689511615dcd7f68c01c0712cab9ede0d45b89563a7a7
I'll simply wait and hope that this truly is a legitimate system problem and that I will wind up with my BTC at SOME point.