So I've lost some crypto on a TAG pool crashing, Cryptsy glitching out on sell orders and I've been kicking around the idea of opening a private exchange. It would be run solely by myself and invite only. I don't want the massive micro transactions and user volumes that cripple current exchanges, I just want my own place to trade with insanely secure and obfuscated transactions with absolute commits and checks so that I can't see that I bought 100 coins on Cryptsy but can somehow still see that I have way less. Wondering if anybody else would like a site focused only on security and trading, no charts, chats, or bugs?
If you're looking at bitcoin, you can trade locally with people in person -- localbitcoins.com pretty decent.
For just general use, coinbase is ok, but your first couple transactions will definitely take some TIME. My first buy with them was Dec 4 (buying BTC, selling USD). Took until this evening to receive BTC, fyi.