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Has anything like this happened to anyone else?
No, removed all my remaining BTC, worked without a problem.
Now I am still left with some fiat in GOX which I have to convert. Looks like there will be at least a 2% gap excl. fees - could be quite profitable for someone who believes it is possible to get fiat out of GOX. Everyone seems to do it the other way round. Actually in retrospective I am surprised their trouble didn't start earlier, at the peak in April. Were there so many pushing fresh fiat into the market? Appears so.