Bitstamp, if you are not American, is not the easiest place to get USD in and out of last time I checked it out.
The fees for the international transfers were pretty high as well, if I recollect correctly.
It used to be good for the UK via transfer wise but now...well who the fuck knows.
I have to agree that during that last sell off it was hard to get any trading done, made a bit of money from it but the need to continuously refresh wasn't ideal, the price just moves so quickly due to the low volumes you really have to catch it at the right time. I refuse to use MtCox though so it is something I personally have to deal with for now.