My first couple of transactions gox-->dwolla were about 1.5 hrs.  Then this
How about 16 hours and counting?

I have done some research, andcame across this string regarding 'challenges'
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?action=printpage;topic=8280.0

I am currently looking into bitmarket.eu, as mentioned in an above post.  
Does anyone else have alternatives?  Time is money.  if they can't talk to you about a problem, it compounds it