what is the best exchange to buy bitcoin?

[spoonbender]

Mt. Gox has been rated as the biggest bitcoin exchange, but they have been having some serious issues lately. There are LOTS of places where one can buy bitcoin.
>What exchange(s) do you use?
>Has your experience been good?
>What kind of fees are you paying?
>Do you have to supply ID, or is it relatively anonymous?
>How quickly are your purchases verified?

[PenAndPaper]

Where do you live?

Yes almost all of them (the major ones at least) require id and home address verification to withdraw

[scarsbergholden]

btc-e

yes, good experience
0.2% trade fees, .001 btc withdraw fee, i dont withdraw fiat
no ID necessary for trading/btc withdraw, but to withdraw fiat, you probably need this

[Phantomic]

I use btc-e. Never had a problem with them, and deposits and withdraws are very fast

[scarsbergholden]

whatever you do, dont use gox or coinbase.

[Whosull]

I was somewhat considering using Coinbase, can you be a little more specific as to any issues you have had with them?

They seem to be a simple option for setting up bitcoin merchant accounts..

[marcovaldo]

I used bitstamp and it was always:
cheap
fast
safe

[kozopes]

I would say it's btc-e because price is the lowest there and you don't have to show them your IDs. Also fees (0.2%) are quite small in comparison to other sites.

[marcovaldo]

btc-e is really hard to fund with usd (last time I checked). I don't know if it changed.

[bitcoin44me]

European: bitstamp / bitcoin-central
US: coinbase / mtgox?
Russians: btc e
Chinese: ...

[dave5698225]

Canada: VirtEx for buying BTC with funds transferred from your Canadian bank account (via a $5 electronic bill payment transaction)

Dave Ward
Kitchener, ON, Canada

[gerXhonza]

I preffer Bitstamp, you have to scan your ID + utility bill, but easy SEPA transfers for Europeans

[bitcoin44me]

I preffer Bitstamp, you have to scan your ID + utility bill, but easy SEPA transfers for Europeans

I think that all exchanges now requires verification.

[spoonbender]

Thanks for all the replies!