I didn't realise how good the price of EOS is at the moment. $1.66 is pretty good. I don't think it will drop even further and if anything the price of altcoins are going to go up as this rubber band effect happens with all this new money invested into the markets. It seems like the price of bitcoin is already decreasing a little.
I'll be sure to put my EOS into an Ethereum wallet to get the new EOS blockchain tokens. I guess people should just keep their EOS in a wallet rather than exchange as the time nears.
Sad to hear your friend lost quite a substantial amount of money due to gas fees. I wish it was more clear so people don't make mistakes and in the process lose some money.
Thank you @stellabelle for letting us know about all this information which will most likely save some peoples cash haha