I noticed some conversion issues myself. I thought I'd put .2 bitcoin into steem, so I did a mock purchase on steem itself and on poloniex both for that amount. When the estimates came back from each site, poloniex paid about 5 more steem than steem itself.
Needless to say I purchased them on Poloniex and transferred them in instead.
RE: Why would I lose over $100 in Bitcoin converting to Steempower