unique idea!  I hadn't heard about that method.  Maybe it's time I resurrect my avatar which I haven't touched in 5 years...

I have moved btc from mtgox to my QT wallet on home pc.  Seemed to work just fine without checking any of the green, open, or fee options.

What browsing are your using?  Works well in Firefox, but haven't tried in any others.  I usually have 2 or 3 browser installations to use in case some site doesn't play nicely.

And Bitfloor was down for awhile yesterday and today.

yep, feel the same way.  Mtgox just changed out their graphing system, but this could be a cool tool.

Thanks!

Seems many have both good and bad experiences with Bitinstant.  Seems to be the story with most exchanges these days.  

But I will share my first experience with Bitinstant.  As several have done, I used my full Mtgox account number using a cash deposit from Bitinstant.  Because this was incorrect, my funds were stuck.  A sent a support request, and was sent a reply within a few hours.  They sent me the mtgox coupon code which I was able to immediately use.  

This was my first btc purchase, and I didn't follow directions, so I figured I was screwed.  Thanks for the help Bitinstant support!

Following that, I have been pretty careful with all transactions.  Now I see that I have done it again.  Using Capitalone for a transfer to bitfloor, I created a deposit, got the email confirmation, and proceeded to send the same amount from the checking account.  However, I failed to notice that Bitfloor changed the exact amount I planned on sending.  $200 changed to $200.04.  Ugh, I sent exactly $200, so that is another chunk I might have to fight for since there system is looking for that exact amount.  

Painful learning experiences...

Hello all!  

Very new to everything e-currency.  But having fun researching funding, transfers, wallets, and security.  Started with Mtgox, but with too much playing with it on vpn, they flagged my account, and now have to wait for verification.  Queue was 9500, and in a week I am at 6020.  So cash is sitting in there with nothing to do.

Since however, tried out bitinstant, bitfloor, dwolla, and have been buying and transferring small amounts.  A little scary watching the market price fluctuate so drastically.

If anyone else is watching this post, I am curious on why Mtgox would not let me withdraw and send bitcoin to SR.  I went through normal steps, but it came back saying my account was not verified.  I didn't think it was necessary to go through the entire verification when transfer such small amounts.  Can anyone confirm that the Mtgox account has to be formally verified in order to transfer coin to SR?

I am not sure how many people enter their full mtgox account number for a bitinstant transfer, but I am sure it is quite a few.  I just did the same thing, and support did answer.  They included the APIresult number which happened to be the mtgox redeem code.  I used that, and had my funds available immediately.  

MTgox, could alleviate all of this by emphasizing that the full account number will not work.  I saw that they displayed the exchange account#, but I thought it was just a generic representation.

Try the API code in the Mtgox funding mechanism.