The user(s) who initially used the NXT AE should have been refunded through the escrow. We are working on a BTC only escrow now.
So no Nxt AE? Who would complain about an open trading platform for pre-ipo shares over just having BTC tied up for unspecified amount of time? The nice thing about Nxt AE is that if you are impatient and don't want to wait for coin to launch, you can sell your share. I won't be participating in IPO now.
There wasn´t any problems with the AE. But simply nobody wants to buy it.
And after Anon said this smells like a scam, everybody should be warned.