I’m not sure that I want to say that it’s over … but as of today I
can SkypeOut again! I spent weeks on their on-line forums, and
posted 16+ support requests through their website (NONE of which were
ever answered!) and then as of today got a personal message on the
on-line forums indicating that I was unblocked.

My Skype account was blocked when I unsucessfully attempted to purchase
Skype credit with my credit card from the Philippines. That was
on the 28th of May! They blocked my account that night … and I
have been struggling to get it unblocked – on a daily basis – since
then.

Sure enough … I can use Skype again!