I had a "situation" with coinbase that, up to this incident, I didn't have any issues with and technically it wasn't coinbase's fault in the beginning. I moved, got a new phone number and attempted to log in coinbase to update it...annnnd it was intercepted by that stupid fucking authy crap basically intercepting it so I had to ask their permission to update my phone number and after fucking around for a week, the stupid twats actually said no. WTF. It's not their decision whether I update my damn phone. Man I was pissed. Still am. I won't be using that shit again.
I went to coinbase and they suggested just making/verifying a new acct and they'd transfer it over...which I did in about 8 minutes but when I let them know it was done and needed them to transfer it over, they took over a week to get to it...so tonight I basically had to spam the chat and the "ticket" thing with demands for them to get the shit done and send it over and finally they did.
I was a fan of coinbase but this is bullshit they take their own sweet time and do it whenever they feel like it. There was no legitimate reason for them to drag ass longer than a week to move the btc from the old acct to the new one and after a dozen emails to support - they didn't even answer the first one. After this, it really drove it home about it's "not your bitcoin" when it's on coinbase or some other exchange...but I still needed a way to buy/sell so I haven't deleted the coinbase account yet.
What I did do was join circle.com and get alllllll the way signed up until it came time to verify my identity. Unlike coinbase, circle wanted me to scan a drivers license in, which in and of itself I didn't mind but it was a pain in the ass to have do that...and then they wanted a selfie on top of it. Are you fucking kidding me?
So we have coinbase who arbitrarily drags ass and holds your money hostage til they fucking feel like getting off their asses and processing it, not to mention the whole delay between purchasing and selling off/back to bank.
We have authy who is not a 2 factor authorization, it's apparently decided IT decides whether you can authorize your shit.
And now circle who is by far the most invasive on the verification.
What's next, fingerprints, retina scans and background checks? Fuck that shit. Ah god damn I'm still fuming apparently...
What the hell has happened with these exchanges? They've become more anal retentive than a bank. I literally opened a bank account by filling out a form and giving them one dollar and was done in 20 minutes.
Any options besides these that aren't all about getting up in your business and just have minimal invasive verification?