r/Coinbase • u/Express-Housing3886 • 10h ago
3 years as a Coinbase One / premium user and I'm done — 5 days of copy-paste bot replies over a $256 USDC deposit
After 3 years of paying for premium and using Coinbase as my main platform, I’m moving everything off as soon as this gets resolved. Their customer service has completely fallen off a cliff.
Five days ago I sent ~256 SPL-USDC from my own MEXC account to my Coinbase Solana address (a route I’ve used plenty of times with zero issues). It confirmed on-chain immediately, and then Coinbase froze it under an automated "FinCEN restricted address" flag.
Since then, dealing with support has been like talking to a brick wall:
Day 1: Spent an hour in live chat getting fed scripted "48–72 hours" lines while the agent clearly had zero access to actually look at anything.
Day 3: Another hour in chat where they made me re-verify my address and do a full liveness/ID check, even though my account was already verified. At the end they just handed me a new "7-day investigation" timeline.
Day 5: Finally got an email response, and it’s literally just a polished version of "we're still looking at it, we don't need anything from you right now, thanks for your patience." No explanation, no timeline, not even a clear answer on whether they'll just send the funds back to my MEXC wallet if they won't credit them.
What’s the point of paying for premium support if all you get are automated scripts, generic stall tactics, and zero real answers when something actually goes wrong? I've had full MEXC withdrawal history and proof of ownership ready since day one and they won't even look at it.
Once my money is released I’m closing my account and moving to Kraken. Posting my case number here in case anyone on their team actually cares to look into it, though I’m not holding my breath: Case #27859078