What is up with Bitchtricks... I mean Bittrex?

Hey Steemies I want to know if you guys are also having issues with Bittrex like me?

I am new to all this crypto, blockchain world and must say i am kind of enjoying it.

Its not so much the money ( not that I'm making crazy bank from it) its more being taken in to a world that I had no intrest in before!

All of this is making me feel like I am on wall Street taking high risks ( looool) buying, selling and steeming away.

Now the great thing about steem is it allows you to get a foot in the door at minimum risk to yourself and get a taste of the "Stock life" as I call it!

I have spoke to people about stocks and shares before but always thought it was too risky for me and gamballing with money is not so much my thing!

Being introduced to Steem has made me a bit more interested as the sites I have been introduced to to exchange coins is not so straight forward for someone like me (at this stage) when you have minimum knowledge of something it all seems a bit up in the air to begin with!

Now bittrex or for the moment Bitchtricks (whilst I have my frustrations with it) started off as fun trying to learn to send and withdraw from. Still trying to figure out good rates and stuff but I guess I need to be more involved in the market and the ups and downs if I ever want to truley get the hang of it!

No I think the platform is fairly user friendly and the interaction between sites is preety cool.
I do feel more mature for using it ( looool)

Now my gripe is with this whole Verification thing!

Why do they not just have enhanced verification from the get go?
You know as a compulsory thing so that you know whether you can move your money around from the start?

I only just started to figure out the transfer from steem to Bittrex with the help of my friend @nanzo-scoop. I've been trying to get little tips and guidance from him and then going alone so I can take it in more! ( it is a bit of a long process when your days are quote jam packed already but the more you do it the better and quicker you get! ( Not that I get that much steem to send loool)

Now I've been talking to everyone, his cat and her mother about Steemit and the main question asked is have you taken any physical money from it and I keep saying I need to do that!

I've set up a Coinbase and only today sent some money from Steemit over to the account today. So will attempt my first transfer to my bank later of £20 and see if I can take that out at some point over the weekend just so I can honestly say to people look this does work and it is worth investing some time in to it!

The thing I can't do at the moment is big up or recommend bittrex!

I can't do that because I can't transfer the coins I have in there due to me starting on a basic verification and now being told i have to upgrade to advanced.

The problem is my details seem to be taking forever to be verified!?!?

Why is that?

I understand and appreciate tight security but I believe there are people who have been waiting longer than me for this who have been using the site for a while!

Now I know commercially crypto is fairly new to the lay person so some of these sites may be having to cope with the influx of new business so are unable to cope with the numbers but it is frustrating when a system is not functioning as it should and not sticking to it's on deadlines of confirmation!

I hate to put a site down but would warn anyone before they put anything in to Bittrex in case this becomes a bigger more long term problem!

Defo look for other options (which I will be doing) and ask around before you sign up!

Hope this helps out a few people and if you have any solid recommendations for good reliable sites then please let me know ;)