Coinbase Account Mysteriously Reinstated?

My Coinbase.com account was revoked after donating BTC to /u/gwern. After receiving Coinbase's compliance department violation of ToU e-mail, I couldn't log into my account at all and received error messages as if the account didn't exist anymore. I thought it was deleted!

Today, I received an e-mail from contact@coinbase.com that said:

We are happy to let you know that a new USD wallet has been enabled for you! .... You can now also access Coinbase Exchange and begin trading bitcoin on the open market.

Sure enough, I enter my old account credentials, log in and all my info is there (including old transactions) like I never left. I can do everything like I could before.

But why don't they mention that they reviewed my case and lifted the ban? They just send me an e-mail stating that I have an account ready for me? And it's my exact same account with all of my old transactions? What the hell...I feel like it's not very professional and a little fishy.

What do you guys think?


Comments


[14 Points] nsgiad:

The new usd wallet means your state now allows coinbase to operate as an exchange. It's a separate wallet that is still hooked to your main account. My guess is when they gave the new wallets it it somehow unbanned your account.


[10 Points] AgoraMarket:

But why don't they mention that they reviewed my case and lifted the ban?

Maybe they lifted the ban because someone there finally realized that sending money to Gwern isn't against their TOS.

I wouldn't even bother asking them, all you'll end up doing is getting yourself under suspicion again.


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[3 Points] auto587643:

I hate Coinbase so much and have nothing positive to say about them. They're totally unpredictable and you can't figure out their psychology. They'll ban people for no reason, then mysteriously unban them for no reason. They'll decline purchases for no reason. They just flat-out suck and aren't worthy of being a business.


[1 Points] desperate_angel:

My Coinbase account had been closed as my payments apparently didn't meet their security standards so I have been with Circle. I too recently received the same email saying that a new wallet was created. I would have loved to read something along the lines of, "We sincerely apologize for previously closing your account, etc."


[-14 Points] None:

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