So last night about 8:00 I decided to buy some Steem by way of Ether on Coinbase. Apparently the internet gods of fortune raised their hands and said that it was not to be. Coinbase took my money of course, then deposited the ether in my wallet in the normal fashion (so far so good I thought with hubris that should have told me the exchange was to be ill-fate). And so it was to be, when it came to the crucial final leg of our journey, the actual act of sending the ether to blocktrades to pay for my steem I had ordered, I was placed in a coinbase pending purgatory where I have remained for the last 17 hours and counting. I am new to this but crypto currency thing, but come on that can't be acceptable... right??
So here I wait steemless. The worst part is that it looks like I could have got my monies worth and more given the freefall of crypto currencies last nigt and today. At this point I would be happy just to get back my ether and ride it out.
Anyone else in pending limbo \ purgatory with me? Please tell me I am not alone!
