I just received an email from noreply@btc-e saying "your payment to btc-e has been received. Download your wallet using the link below."
I haven't made any payment to btc-e and suspect that the download link is an attempt to phish. If you get a similar email, be careful!

Looks like we're taking a pause at $358. I'm getting ready to buy some cheap coins. Hopefully by Sunday we'll see a nice bounce. By then, many will realize that all these rosy economic reports are nothing but LIES- as usual. I wish I had more cash to invest in BTC but I need to keep some funds ready to buy more gold and silver.

They are back and wallets are safe. I admit I was a little worried

Just be careful, adamstgBit, eh. Bernie Madoff said that dollar cost averaging has killed more Jews than all of Hitler's ovens!

You're a Canuck!

A couple of weeks ago, BTC-e stopped accepting USD deposits. Guess they were tired of the regulatory requirements and decided not to deal with
American citizens.

Are you depositing USD? BTC-e is not accepting USD wire transfers. This was added recently:

We don't accept international wire transfers from US Citizens or from US Banks
All transfers from US Citizens or US Bank will be refused by bank

Meelos, good to hear your deposit issues were finally fixed. I see that others are also getting their deposit and withdrawal taken care of, albeit after
long delays. I'm also waiting for a "money hold" on my bitcoins to be lifted, hopefully by the end of the week. I think many traders on this forum have
been too quick to brand btc-e as scammers. I chose to buy on btc-e because of its size and lower btc prices. In my last buy, I saved over 13K compared
with bitstamp and to me, it was well worth the risk.

update:
I received several emails from support at btc-e. The first email was somewhat encouraging:

Hello! Your credentials are accepted. After checking by our finance department, your account will be unhold automatically.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.The time of verification of documents takes 5 days. During the time of a check, questions are not accepted, and ticket will be closed automatically. We hope for your understanding.

Another email concerning my ticket ended with "thank you. Be patient. Have a nice day."

Well, I'm trying to be patient but with a ton of bitcoins on "money hold" and rumors of btc-e scamming depositors, I won't get much sleep in the days ahead!
Still, I'm hopeful that my coins will soon be "unholded" and removed to the safety of my wallet.

hmm perhaps I spoke too soon. After reading more posts about btc-e, I logged on to the site and clicked deposit USD.
Under "international wire transfer" they have added this:

We don't accept international wire transfers from US Citizens or from US Banks
All transfers from US Citizens or US Bank will be refused by bank

I believe they have given up on complying with US regulations and will no longer accept US accounts. That's
bad news for me, since I still have coins stuck there under a "money hold". I'm anxiously awaiting further info.

I think BTC-e is legit. They're just swamped with recent deposits so it will take time to catch up with the paperwork and regulatory compliance.
I spent my funds on btc-e while waiting for my funds to clear at Bitstamp, which just cleared yesterday. It's about 10% cheaper to buy coins at
btc-e, so I immediately asked Bitstamp to return my deposit. I'll wire the funds to btc-e where I can buy cheaper bitcoins or ltc and other cryptos.
Don't be scared to use btc-e! A $80-150 discount per coin is worth the risk IMO.

Same problem here. Bought a shitload of bitcoins but when I went to withdraw to my wallet, BTC-e informed me that
there was a "money hold" and I would have to wait 650 hours to withdraw! Thanks to this thread, I see  what I must
do, namely send a copy of my ID and utility bill. I've just done that and hopefully they will release my hostage coins!

My recent experience was different. I bought one btc at Coinbase for $307 and then tried to buy more but was told that I'd have to wait 30 days
before buying any more. I then wired funds to BTC-e and to Bitstamp. I was able to buy btc immediately at BTC-e and proceeded to buy bitcoins. But when I tried to withdraw the btc to my wallet, they told me I'd have to wait 450 hours (or something like that) before I could withdraw! My deposit at Bitstamp is still on hold because new KYC regulations required more info such as a scan of my passport and proof of where I got the funds from and other questions. I gave them my info but have not heard anything since. Very strange because I have bought at Bitstamp before and my account is "verified". Now I don't know what to do. Should I ask them to return my deposit and just trade at BTC-e or wait for Bitstamp to accept my deposit?

I bought one btc Nov 9th for $307. When I tried to buy another, I was told that my first purchase had to be
completed before buying any more. After several days my first btc purchase was still "pending" and I was informed that my initial buy would be
cleared on Nov 18th! Finally my btc showed up in my account but now I see that Coinbase is requiring a 30 day wait
before I can buy more bitcoins! Apparently this exchange does not want my business. I'm done with Coinbase's Coin of the Month Club.

I can't get on either. Price is frozen at 554.99 and seems there are no buyers.

I'm not in college anymore. Graduated from U of Rochester in '71 and U of Chicago MBA '72.
Though I studied economics and finance in school, they never taught me anything about
how central banks really work. I learned that through Youtube!

Hi Stokesy,
Welcome to the forum. I'm pretty new myself and just lurking so far.

Pete

Good afternoon, guys. My first post- hope it works. Just starting to read and managed to get my bitcoins out of MtGox and into
an online wallet. I suspected something was wrong when I couldn't withdraw USD. Glad I found this forum!

Pete