lol, mintpal got me too, though I did get some back, bitstamp also but that all turned out very well, so hopefully will this time round with BTer, but it's just a risk one has to accept if one is going to trade on exchanges atm, so it's a bit unfortunate timing but doesn't upset me as it was my choice to take those risks.
I had a bunch of silk coins on there....did you ever get a contact to help deal with the mintpal? The silk coins are weren't worth much..but its the principle of it. Man...I was talking to one of the guys...and I was wondering if there was a may of using our MN system to come up with an exchange/processing model. This whole thing of depositing fiat to some shady exchange somewhere...buying BTC then transferring it to another exchange to trade is not going to fly with joe public noob. its a real hindrance to this whole ecosystem getting traction.
I was able to withdraw all of one coin, it was a lot, but lost all of the other I had there, no contact at all, not even an apology, nothing, bad experience for sure, totally unprofessional and they didn't care less.