This was the reason I brought up the question about refunds.  I still hold my BLOCK from the exchange and haven't sold any on Polo.  But those that have would be SOL.  What would happen to those participating coins that Coingateway holds that can't be returned because of this?  They hopefully wouldn't be put on the market to exchange for BTC because that could kill the coins.  Would the unclaimed coins be destroyed?

And what if you have a situation where someone that exchanged a participating coin for BLOCK on coingateway, instead of getting those coins back, goes to POLO and exchanges the BLOCK for BTC at the 25k buy wall?  There really is no way to control this.

And as a final note like you said, if it doesn't get funded, then all those that sold at a loss will take the loss.  Those that bought at the discounted prices will now actually make some off those purchases because they will be selling into a buy wall on POLO.  ALL OF THIS IS THEORETICALLY SPEAKING OF COURSE.

This is getting funded, but just wanted to cover the what ifs.

its funny that people talk about fud ,
but the big quastion is who started the fud?Huh
everybody knows now what and from who blocknet and util is,
fud = news ??
if you look at the skype log you see that proms knows that smurf talks with other people about the news 25e ,
but prom say at the 28e util is mine dont tell anyone its privy.
it looks like he knows that smurf will leak it.
was it a plan or was prom not smart enough and still trusted smurf?

The past few days I have been assembling info into XC and BlockNet documents.  I'm hoping these docs will cover almost ANYTHING you'd want to know about XC or the BlockNet but from a completely objective view.  Even what some consider FUD will be covered and backed up with answers and supporting links.  Hopefully these docs will be available within the next few days.  I've considered adding the docs to my own moderated XC/BlockNet thread but I am open to any suggestions that anyone might have.  

Yes mostly always helps after system crash or some file system errors , good to have your wallet backed up on daily basis too

Yep. I agree. If you traded blocks you take the risk of not getting square in the end. However, if you bought under 25, well done if you can sell off at 25 on the wall. Always in crypto ways to profit in trading, but someone always has to lose. Keep that in mind.

Since Poloniex have been actively trading Block and if the ITO fails to raise the minimum amount of BTC, could they be in a position to lose money?

For example and purely theoretical;

1.  Poloniex initially had 350 BTC of Block to sell.
2.  They have been actively allowing trading of Block during the ITO.
3.  Coingateway users have sent 25 BTC worth of Block to Poloniex to try and arbitrage their 10% discount.
4.  All 25 BTC of Coingateway coins have been sold on Poloniex.
5.  The refund on Bittrex causes the ITO not to meet the minimum requirements, the ITO is cancelled and all exchanges are refunded their initial amount of BTC.
6.  But Poloniex is now sitting on 375 BTC worth of Block instead of their initial 350.
7.  Is Poloniex stuck for the 25 BTC?

Since Poloniex have been actively trading Block and if the ITO fails to raise the minimum amount of BTC, could they be in a position to lose money?

For example and purely theoretical;

1.  Poloniex initially had 350 BTC of Block to sell.
2.  They have been actively allowing trading of Block during the ITO.
3.  Coingateway users have sent 25 BTC worth of Block to Poloniex to try and arbitrage their 10% discount.
4.  All 25 BTC of Coingateway coins have been sold on Poloniex.
5.  The refund on Bittrex causes the ITO not to meet the minimum requirements, the ITO is cancelled and all exchanges are refunded their initial amount of BTC.
6.  But Poloniex is now sitting on 375 BTC worth of Block instead of their initial 350.
7.  Is Poloniex stuck for the 25 BTC?