I agree with you as i am a new member and not even given the least bit confidence from the older members.
I have been trying to buy bitcoin through paypal but nobody is willing to do business.
Please let me know how to get through this.
If you're in the US or Canada, you might be interested in trying
https://www.tinkercoin.com/You can buy 0.0435 BTC for 25$ through credit card. It works only once, their goal is to give newcomers access to their first mBtcs.
There's also eBay now. Both are overpriced though, hope it changes in the future when they'll have more competitors selling bitcoins.