bassoa

Your coins aren't actually "stored" in your wallet. They are stored in the blockchain but your wallet holds the "key" to access those coins.

If your wallet is not "sync"d it may look like you haven't got any coins when in fact you have. Thats because the wallet hasn't yet "cought up" with the transaction that moved your coins.

The way to definitively check if your coins are there is to use a block explorer to inspect the coin address directly on the blockchain.

Type your address in here and see what the balance is: http://cinni.coinnuke.com/blockexplorer/

If your coins are there then your wallet just needs to finish its synching to be able to "see" them.