I do not want to lose my right to talk because I am furious with Kraken.
I respect the forum and all the community and I want to inform and protect the community... but I hope to understand me

The point is that name-calling etc. doesn't actually accomplish anything except obscure any real issues. I don't think giorgios-pap should be discouraged from complaining about their difficulties with Kraken, but calling someone a liar is actually a fairly serious accusation, especially when they're speaking on behalf of Kraken. This leads to either one of two cases: 1) serious accusations being thrown around with no proof, causing undeserved damage to the reputation of either the accuser or the accused, or 2) an environment in which these sort of accusations are not taken seriously. I don't think either of these is what anyone here actually wants.

Please note that the process that Dargo describes here would appear to be a process that manually bypasses their normal systems for crediting a deposit (which would happen through their API interface with their bank). This type of manual process is something I would assume requires access to their systems that only a few key individuals (or only one, in Kraken's case?) have; you don't want all of your employees being able to arbitrarily credit fake deposits to accounts, after all. I think the explanation as given is believable, although I'm sure Dargo will be the first to acknowledge that the massive delays so far represent an unacceptable level of service. Hopefully, now that they've identified this shortcoming of their processes, they can take steps to improve their processes in future.

(Disclaimer: I have a Kraken account which I trade with; other than this, I have no affiliation or involvement with Kraken at all)

Exactly mithrandi, I have to agree on what you are stating. Dargo's explanation sounds logical and believable enough, and there is no reason to assume he is making up something.
I especially agree with the point Dargo made about to wait until FIBOR fixes the current API dis-functionality on it's backend, instead of messing around with manual deposit/withdrawal processing.
Manual processing would certainly lead to a significant number of human errors, which would cause more/longer delays, and as we know - there is not enough support staff to handle that in a timely manner.

Dargo keeps us informed which is great. As he is in direct contact with Kraken clients in this forum, he is in a position to transmit important info's from clients to kraken management departments.
Let's help him in the best possible way, as this helps all of us.

((Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Kraken.com - I do have a trading account and use that - so I am a client of Kraken as most of us are.))

I'm glad to hear that your problem was resolved (finally). I just want to reiterate that it is definitely important that people publish issues like this, so that the community at a large is aware of what's happening with some users; I don't think you should feel bad about informing people of your problems (as long as the conclusion is also published, as you've done here).

The status from my withdrawal last saturday has been changed to "sent" this morning and I just verified I recieved it into my bankaccount.

Thanks Dargo for your patience and clear communication. Kraken should be lucky with people/employees like you I think you avoided a little growing crisis in Kraken or maybe even BTC land.

I should just say thanks to Kraken for sorting a problem, the funds withdrawn to my hsbc (which hsbc refused) bank shower of idiots, have been credited back to my Kraken account.
those funds and most recent btc sell funds are now in process to my other bank.

best wishes

R

I am also very glad that your problem (and that of seven others) got sorted, Giorgios

RE my earlier appeal to 'forum etiquette', I wasn't trying to silence or intimidate anyone. Of course a thread like
this one is pointless if people are not allowed to speak their mind. I was only trying to say that name-calling and such may not be the most
helpful things to do in situations in which one is frustrated, but I guess mithrandi drove the point home.

In the interests of transparency as noted by another user I feel I should bring to the community's attention my experience with Kraken so far.

I have been awaiting a SEPA withdrawal for 2 months and despite continued (if ad hoc) contact with support I appear no closer to receiving it. This is my second SEPA withdrawal (the first actioned without incident) and I was told that the problem lay with me putting my bank's name rather than my own name on the transfer form. Fair enough, if that is indeed what I did. (although why the first SEPA made it through and this didn't I am not sure).

After a lengthy investigation, Fidor Bank confirmed that they had found the money and they would send it again. I am told that they sent it a few weeks ago but surprisingly it has not turned up, and now we are involved in another nebulous 'investigation'. I do not understand why Kraken appears to have such poor communication with their German bank that they are unable to resolve this issue within a satisfactory amount of time.

I will say; support is cordial but is often very slow to respond. I generally have a favourable opinion of Kraken however I think it serves us all to remember that all is not what it seems with this industry and exchanges (mt.Gox and Bitcoin 24 for example - both of which have burnt me in the past) aren't always as honest as they appear. I welcome any resolution from Kraken staff and hope this serves as food for thought for any prospective customers.

What was wrong with the existing one? https://github.com/veox/krakenex

See https://www.kraken.com/help/api#example-api-code-python