Why I closed my Coinbase account after 10 days

[richf]

Two words: customer service. (or lack thereof)

I decided to dabble into the world of Bitcoin by creating a Coinbase account and buying a small amount of bitcoin. After the standard length of time required to verify my bank account, I placed an order. Few days later, my order was cancelled for being fraudulent (which it is not). After going back and forth with customer service, it's been days and I still don't have my order - so I closed my account. It's a shame too as I really wanted to purchase some bitcoin. Oh well.

tl;dr - Closed Coinbase account after 10 days due to bad customer service.

[correcthorse]

Get a local wallet in your own computer/phone and use localbitcoins.

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

You dodged a bullet there.

[jorgem]

Why is that?