Newbie...but long time Lurker

[Bigworm37]

Hello all.. I decided to register today because its been a great day for me bitcoin wise. I joined a FREE suicide survivor football pool about 12 weeks ago. Finally today became magical for me. I was the last man standing and won the pool. What makes this unreal is the bitcoin value. When I joined the bitcoin was worth anywhere between $80-90 bucks. The prize amount was 5 Bitcoins..so I figured at that time about $500 bucks would be great win (not bad deal for a free entry). Well now I am just amazed at the current value and have a couple questions.

1) How can I sell these Bitcoins? I have read posts about the exchanges but also some horror stories. I have been thinking maybe eBay...but too scared people will screw me on paypal.

2) Should I just keep them? Looks like the difficulty is approaching 1 billion maybe this will keep increasing the value.

3) Buy stuff with them? I was thinking about maybe buying a mining rig but at this point is it worth it? ?

Any feedback would be great

Thanks
BGW

PS: Really trying to get those 10 posts so I can post on that casino thread that I won the bitcoins at

[rishrash]

I like coinbase for BTC - USD.
Yes you have to link a bank account (which can take a little time)
But overall worth it IMHO

[Bigworm37]

I like coinbase for BTC - USD.
Yes you have to link a bank account (which can take a little time)
But overall worth it IMHO

Thanks rishrash....Coinbase looks really good option right now. Would love to know there fees for bank/wire transfer.