In Europe it's not that much simplier. What I like is localbitcoins.com (disclaimer: I have ads for selling and buying on there). It's simple, you actually mee

In Europe it's not that much simplier. What I like is localbitcoins.com (disclaimer: I have ads for selling and buying on there). It's simple, you actually meet some people interested in bitcoins, it's pretty safe (because of the escrow) and a little more decentralized than mtgox/btc-e. I say "a little", because the escrow is centralized anyway.