Yep, I find coinbase really easy for buying / selling. Before coinbase, selling bitcoins was such a hassle... For buying, I use to just buy through blockchain.

Yep, I find coinbase really easy for buying / selling. Before coinbase, selling bitcoins was such a hassle... For buying, I use to just buy through blockchain.info, once you created a wallet, you could just put an amount you wanted to add in and run down to the nearest moneygram / western union. The process was fairly painless, took me 20 minutes. You type in the number of bitcoins you want, print out a piece of paper with instructions. Head down to moneygram or western union, follow the instructions of hand it to the person there, they do everything for you, you pay in cash. Refresh your bitcoin wallet and you should see your coins there shortly.