I think the bitmarket.eu approach works quite fine: The seller stores his Bitcoins at the bitmarket.eu (free) escrow service. The buyer wires the money via ban

I think the bitmarket.eu approach works quite fine: The seller stores his Bitcoins at the bitmarket.eu (free) escrow service. The buyer wires the money via bank transfer directly to the seller. The seller releases the Bitcoins on bitmarket. At least in Europe bank transfers are easily possible between foreign countries and even free (or at least very cheap) between European countries. Saying that I wouldn't buy any Bitcoins right now. While there is a huge demand, I do not see any indication that those coins are used for any significant amount of real trading (i.e., buying services). Seems that most of those people just buy the Bitcoins due to speculation. When the hype is gone there is a very good chance that the market crashes again - if the real market does not grow with the current bubble.