The identifier was in fact, the reason the MtGox help desk person gave as well in my case. They have come back to me within only 4 hours after sending my ticket. The money has now been credited to my account; the only problem: 80 EUR! have been taken off the amount initially sent from my bank to their UK account.
I sent:
1820 EURUK bank converted to GBP @ unknown exchange rate
Then MtGox converted GBP to USD @ unknown rate
Then they credited:
$2,161.45which is converted back to EUR at European Central Bank's current rate (EUR/USD= 1.2426):
1,739.457589 EURfor rates see here:
http://www.ecb.int/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/index.en.htmlMy bank furthermore assured me, that the 1820 EUR sent are the final amount reaching the destination account (MtGox's UK account).
The difference above amounts to a
4.425% fee of the initial amount. If thats the going rate, I will not do this again. I replied to the help desk response and asked for some clarification on the resulting fees, as they are not disclosed on their website:
https://support.mtgox.com/entries/20490576-withdrawals-and-depositsIt only states:
Please note that if you do not send GBP to this account, it will be converted to GBP and some (small) fees will apply.
Hi, I am very sorry to hear that you have some problems, however, please remember that our UK Bank (Barclay) ONLY ACCEPT GBP so it will convert ANYTHING you send it into GBP, so we we recieved GBP. Barclay is great but their conversion rate is rather steep around 3%. Also we take 2.5% when you are converting from one currency to another (
https://mtgox.com/terms_of_service).
Once you made your deposit you received an email with all your transaction details including our conversion rate so stating "Then MtGox converted GBP to USD @ unknown rate" is incorrect.
Finally here you are a very simple Golden Rule to follow when you are sending money :Send Money in EURO ? Send it to our EURO account (Poland or Japan)
Send Money in GBP ? Send it to our GBP account (UK or Japan)
Send Money in USD ? Send it to our USD account (Japan or Dwolla is you are a US Resident)