Quote from: NickyGH on Today at 01:42:05 PM

Also, I had lost the password, so it had to be brute forced or something. Noway I could have managed by myself.

That does indeed change the situation. Not having the password and requiring it to be brute forced is indeed more of a specialist task Wink

Quote from: NickyGH on Today at 01:42:05 PM

But for most people in this forum, I believe they would have been fine with getting the services of data files recovery and then recover the funds themselves.

Not necessarily. While it isn't impossible to setup and run something like hashcast or btcrecover etc... the problem comes from the performance of "typical" hardware that most users have, or, more correctly, the lack thereof. The equipment necessary to bruteforce anything but relatively simple wallet passwords can be quite expensive to buy or even rent. Given the sorts of passwords I use, even my gaming rig with a relatively powerful GPU isn't going to cut it if I needed to bruteforce one of my passwords. So, don't feel like you're being judged for seeking professional assistance. Very happy you managed to find a reputable firm that didn't scam you.

I still think that the fee charged was excessive tho Wink

Quote from: NickyGH on Today at 01:42:05 PM

PS. Yes I have my 24 word ledger recovery phrase in a safe place.... I have learnt so much from this forum and advice given to me... Thank you!

Truly a "good news"™ story all around.