How Do You Buy BTC?

[MF Doom]

coinbase is nice, but it tkaes 4 days to get the bitcoins...

[CoinDiver]

coinbase is nice, but it tkaes 4 days to get the bitcoins...

Depends on your account and the quantity. I can get up to $1000 in btc delivered daily instantly, and instantly withdrawable.

[yunkie]

how long take bitcoin.de to withdraw?

[Ninietz]

My first purchase was F2F.
After that I did a couple of buys on exchanges: stamp, Btc-e, ...
Now I have gone back to F2F, in this way you meet new people, new stories and it allows me to learn a lot about this all

[Vilawil]

I buy my bitcoins through Coinbase, IMO Coinbase is very convenient.

[Marbit]

When I need to get $$ into bitcoin, I sometimes use Coinbase and sometimes use Localbitcoins. I prefer the latter since I can get them instantly (in-person for cash).

[Mobius7]

I prefer localbitcoins as well, because it is the easiest way IMO to buy bitcoin without revealing my identity.

[Ninietz]

how long take bitcoin.de to withdraw?

Not that long, I did it recently

[BiTJack]

coinbase  & lbc. Both works great.

[BigBoy89]

I use my local exchange in indonesia
https://vip.bitcoin.co.id
sometimes bitcoin price there is too cheap when bitstamp/btc-e market increase too high
so i can buy in my local exchange and sell it to bitstamp/btc-e
i used localbitcoins once

[Shogen]

Hey guys, I was wondering how you buy bitcoins. What exchange/service do you use and why? I'm a newb and want to start buying some bitcoins and I'm leaning towards coinbase because of it's ease of payment, although I do not know how long it takes for bank transfers to complete. Gox is to centralized it seems, and getting money into Gox seems to be very hard, especially with Dwolla, which has many hoops on its own. I wish I could use a smaller exchange like Bitstamp, but I don't know how to easily deposit money there, and Bitinstant doesn't help much, I don't want to drive to do a cash deposit, and the fees are high. Thanks for your input
-Jet

This thread is just about a year old, but it shows us how many changes we have in the past year.
Mtgox was gone in early 2014, so as BitInstant.
Bitstamp was small, but is now one of the biggest exchanges.

[harlenadler]

Localbitcoins when I can, though I use Coinbase when local premiums are too high.

[mnmShadyBTC]

I prefer, local face to face trades, as it allows me to discuss bitcoin with fellow bitcoineers (if that even is a word) and to try to get them more interested in using bitcoin more often.

[bitkilo]

Atm or face to face when i finally buy some. Reading some old post on this thread are fun, lots of people say use Gox, how far we have come and so far to go.

[scribbles]

I use coinbase, although if I ever get a circle invite I'd try it there since they are 0% fee.
I would use localbitcoins for face to face, but the only sellers in my area want higher prices than I'm willing to pay ($660-$800).

[Muhammed Zakir]

I do face to face trades, meeting people in real life.

Be careful when you do face to face trades. It is very dangerous. Try to it in most crowded area.

I am thinking of buying BTC in Poloniex for alt coins and BTC-e for LTC. Coinbase is better though.
Kindly,
       MZ

[soccosocco]

I used to buy in vip.bitcoin.co.id
it is a local exchange in Indonesia
because they are the biggest exchange in my country and accept rupiah for deposit and WD
since i didn't another payment processor, i will trade there

[FattyMcButterpants]

I do face to face trades, meeting people in real life.

Be careful when you do face to face trades. It is very dangerous. Try to it in most crowded area.

i wouldn't lay it on too thick -- people are buying/selling on localbitcoins legitimately all the time, every day. but yes, just meet in a Starbucks or something. i mean -- why would you meet anywhere NOT in public?

[dbshck]

I do face to face trades, meeting people in real life.

Be careful when you do face to face trades. It is very dangerous. Try to it in most crowded area.

i wouldn't lay it on too thick -- people are buying/selling on localbitcoins legitimately all the time, every day. but yes, just meet in a Starbucks or something. i mean -- why would you meet anywhere NOT in public?

lol maybe the seller/buyer insisted won't meet in public for several reasons, like busy or something. If that's the case, be careful.
 " why would you meet anywhere NOT in public? "

[Lanzer]

Localbitcoins
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