Oh gosh how hard is it :p. Mining, donations, sold stuff online, investments, payment for freelance work. Yes, a few sentences covers it.
They don't even ask for proof of where the funds come from, they just ask where they origin from. Big difference.
Agree with that part til 100%. Bitstamp should give more information on what happens with the passport scans, replies to questionaires etc.
Haha, sorry dude, just forget it. We won't be able to convince them... guess there are quite a few people in here that got burned badly on gox and are now a bit paranoid.
The difference is, the gox problems were completely obvious a long time before it all came crashing down, just look at the huge thread of delayed withdrawals MONTHS before they actually shut down.
That is what an exchange in trouble looks like, not this wet fart of impotent rage about their KYC procedures...
Actually - I have been on Stamp since soon after it existed - before I even knew Gox was out there.
I am verified and I just assumed taking cash (once I finally decide I want to) would be as easy as transferring BTC
INWhat bugs me - is (assuming this is true) that while I have never had a problem trading or transferring BTC in and out, that they never said I might have to answer a ton of questions
to their satisfaction to draw MY money out.
I have just raised a support ticket - asking for details of their withdrawal policy, and taken all my BTC in there out to my wallet.
What is unfair is not TELLING customers that policy has changed - I don't want to find out I will have a problem withdrawing!
This is a rational and reasonable position to have. Why the hell should they accept my assets and let me trade them for their profit, but demand I jump through hoops when I want my money back?
It's like a nightclub asking you for ID to leave when they let you in without it.