Coinbase almost never sells and they put up a bizarre message about giving you market price 6 days later which with its current growth is completely nuts. Bitinstant doesnt seem to work anymore as everyone is saying they havent received their money in days. I cant use Bitfloor because they use Bank of America and there arent any BOA's here anymore since they went through massive downsizing. Mt Gox has an insane verification wait time. A lot of other exchange sites that people used to recommend dont even exist anymore.

So please, how are you buying bitcoins? The price is going up so people must be buying, but how? Why must it be so ridiculously difficult to buy these things?