it was always slow with withdrawrals and verifications when i tried to use it years back.
I then withdrew all my btc to a secure blockchain account, more secure than any other account on the internet, and i piut it in there.
I also created a cold storage with bitcoin wallet generator offine and sent the btc there.
They had already a high volume, a Yubikey for free , a rights-based API and multi currency trading when I start. There were many tools for the GOX-APIs. With clark moody you had and "living" order book.
The other exchanges have just developed very slowly. Bitstamp at that time was just scrap. Okay, they had fast SEPA payments. But that has my bank also. I would say Bitstamp was / is an exchange, whereas Gox was a high volume trading platform since 2011.
Since October last year, I have planed to quit bitcoin trading. I waited just too long. Especially for convenience and Gox imagine me is safe.
Things started last year to run poorly. Other platforms are making progress. But many of us were still mentally bound to Gox.
Let's see what will be with Gox.
Anyway, now I mistrust all. Will never again use a Bitcoin exchange.
They all have just a big mouth and at the end someone has to pay the massive profits of a few.