Coinbase to Poloniex question

[MUsince96]

I sent $94 in BTC from Coinbase to Poloniex but when it got there I only had $83. This is the first time I've done it since August. Why did it take $9, have fees always been that high?

I got the tweet about the escrow as I was walking through the door so I rushed to the computer to buy more XRP.  The books are going crazy, took me like 5 minutes. 

[Greeny]

Was it $94 in BTC.  BTC fell over the past hour or so, that 5 minutes could have been a lot.  Also, POLO value of BTC will normally be close, but may not be exactly what Coinbase is.

 

[Campesino]

Also,  you might be looking at USDT rather than USD.  They're *supposed* to be the same but there is usually a bit of drift... outside of that maybe it was fees? @Greeny could be right about price drops between transactions. 

[ipinabox]

Might have been a XRP delay fee seeing how you waited so long to buy.