Quote from: Bono on January 04, 2014, 04:41:17 PM

I thinks it's kind of unfair for people all jazzed up about the price to use Gox's standard. The only reason Gox has it so high is because it's nearly fucking impossible to withdraw fiat from your account, so they have to make it worth the extra time to people selling BTC.

Would you EVER sell your BTC on Gox, realistically knowing it would take months to get all your fiat into your pocket?

I personally use Coinbase as an indicator as its price is tied to several exchanges, most heavily weighted by BitStamp - and it's probably the best combination of fast/safe in regards to moving fiat...

Their price says $825 and I'm good with that.

What I think is important here is to realize that bitcoin != USA. Sure, folks in the US might have trouble in dealing with Fiat -> GOX -> Fiat transactions, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world does.