I agree best to just come clean and tell the true story to Coinbase help. They will probably send you your btc or cash.  That is the right thing to do.

The only reason they wouldn't is if they want to set an example so that others don't try to go around their IP address rules.

This is a great thread, and until there's a reliable website devoted to this, this can be a great service to all investors and users of exchanges.

I'm curious what if any experience people have with Mercatox. I see it in Tier 2, and I was considering doing some small trades there, but not if people have the experience of money getting trapped there forever.