Bittrex does this on a regular basis and their policy is as meaningful as dirt.
They are in possession of your property and are willingly and openly refusing to return to you what is rightfully yours.
Their policy is a despicable justification of Grand Larceny. and will not stand in any court of law.
The coins/ assets are not lost and technically don't need to be "recovered"
The recovery process takes less than 5 minutes, yet they refuse to provide the right assistance and support to their users/clients.
This tells you a great deal about the kind of people who work at Bittrex and how little they value and care about their clients.
Bittrex need to be made aware that they are not within any right to do this and must return that which is not their's to the rightful owners.
It may be time to petition against Bittrex and i call for this motion.
John
No, it can't be done within 5 minutes. It requires someone working on it and huge resources for "maybe" be "able" to recover. It doesn't worth their time in terms of ROI, (especially since it is not their error but the client). It's like why would you help someone having his 2 cents coin stuck in a machine if a 2000$ tool is needed to perhaps help the person?
If it was so easy then all exchanges would offer this solution free of cost.