it's worth having an account there if you have big amounts to exchange...
You are right and that's why it's so painful for me to actually stop relations with Bitstamp. I wish there was some other legit Bitcoin exchange in Europe. I would gladly use that one instead and even go through the painful verification process again. I just cannot accept the fact that the same Bitcoin exchange company would ask me to verify my account twice. It's just unacceptable. They are doomed to lose customers this way.
edit:
For the record, things are getting better now as I received this answer from the support:
Please note that we do not require you to provide another proof of residence document. We do kindly ask you however to attach a high quality photo of your ID document with a hand written note of when the image was submitted following the example bellow:
"[date of submission] For Bitstamp Limited Only"
Please note that the ID and hand written note must be submitted as one image.
Please attach the file in a reply to this ticket so we can proceed with changing your email address and re-enabling virtual withdrawals.
Their offer satisfies my interests because I can scan in ID, no problem. I just have a humongous problem getting a proof of residency.