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Quote from: sturle on September 21, 2013, 07:42:23 AM

I haven't seen a check since the 80ies, except one. Got one in return from some USSAnian scammer company. I was told by my bank I had to travel to USSA to cash it in. Would you be happy if you got a check which you had to travel to Japan to cash in? Probably cheaper to take the 5% option.

Sturle, you keep mentioning this 5% emergency withdrawal option, but not a single person on this site has been able to provide any evidence for it. Further, if such an option existed, it would currently be quite profitable as the spread between other sites and Mtgox is over 5%.

See previous pages of this thread for first hand reports of emergency withdrawals.

I have. The only person I have seen mentioning it really is you. Show people how to get one of these supposed emergency withdrawals or stop spreading this FUD.

I was offered the 5% emergency withdrawal option.

You merely have to ask for it, if it isn't offered to you.

I asked and was told that such an option does not exist.

I don't know if your trying to spread FUD(apologies if you are being sincere)
but here is the email I received from MtGox, see #4:

James Support, Sep 16 15:01 (JST):
Hello,
Sorry for the delay and thank you for the email.
1.We are processing the withdrawals manually. We are still working with our bank to have the issues sorted and we expect to have this sorted out soon. Processing manually it involves lot of man power and time and we are doing our best to do this and your withdrawal should be processed soon
2. Please be advised we do not hold funds of any customer, As updated in the announcement we have now formed relationships with several new banking partners both in Japan and around the world, and we are still in the process of finalizing even more. This means that we will have increased stability and ability to transmit withdrawals going forward.
3. We are working hard to increase the transaction speed and we still have a backlog of withdrawals to be cleared and we are in the process of forming relationships with new partners, banks, and taking other steps to clear the backlog.
4.Bank has provided an option for speed processing so if you urgently need money within 7 business days we can sent the fund that you requested manually. This method is really limited and out of negotiated price contract with the bank, the bank fee is high 5% because we have to convert JPY into an other currency (That we cannot choose, the currency depends on your country and only one currency is possible by country) then it takes 5 business days to get the money.
Please let us know if you have any other clarifications regarding this.
Best regards,
Mt.Gox Team
https://www.mtgox.com
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