You have to do A LOT MORE than just give name and email!
You have to jump through LOTS OF HOOPS and if you don’t do it EXACTLY right, it all goes to crap. You wind up waiting DAYS for them to do something, and then…they don’t.

You can then contact them, and their system will give you a case number, and that’s it.
After a while, they’ll close down your case number, whether you like it or not.

Their outgoing phone message tells you that they’re ‘Very Busy’.
They’re ALWAYS ‘very busy’ and you NEVER get to talk to a human.

It’s a shit show. I recommend saving yourself a major headache.
The guy in San Francisco who set it all up, should be in prison.

So, as long as you only want to trade within their limited platform, and you don’t plan to need any of that money to be withdrawn from Coinbase, for 7-10DAYS, so be it. But, if like me, you limit the number if exchanges with access to your bank, and would like to use Coinbase as a “loading and transfer” wallet… guess again.

So sorry, you have to sit and watch your perfect buy moment slip away in another exchange because your money is being held hostage on Coinbase.

Live and learn. FYI … limited trading, average fees, but Abra allows you to load fiat and withdraw immediately after it’s cleared. AmEx fees are lower. Bank transfer are free, but take longer due to the bank itself. Mine are usually available within a few hours.

Setup and User-Interface:
Setting up an account is simple and easy – if I could rate the account-setup process and the user interface separately, they would both receive five stars. However, since the purpose of using a digital currency exchange is to – obviously – exchange digital currency, I can only say stay away.

The Problems:
My account has been frozen several times. Each time I contacted customer service I received inconsistent responses. They always offer some variant of “for your protection” or “for your convenience” or “for security purposes” but ultimately they offer no information and just unfreeze my account. In addition to account freezes, I have also had several unexplained holds placed on transactions that result in funds being inaccessible for up to two weeks. The site explicitly states that if you use a debit card to make a purchase the funds are available immediately to send, withdraw or sell, THIS IS FALSE. I have had MULTIPLE debit card transactions held for weeks. If you are (as I am) looking to make money by selling when the price is up and buying when the price is down I STRONGLY SUGGEST using a different Bitcoin exchange. My experience with Paxful and Coinmama have been positive, but that is only my experience and I am just one person.

I failed to exercise due diligence with Coinbase and it has caused me loss and frustration. I hope the above information is helpful in keeping others from making the same mistake as I did.

have you tried to withdraw your crypto?
trust me, these guys where very reliable in the past, now even the website is full of functional issues and withdrawing your own crypto, with a fully verified account, years old, you will have big issues and long long long delays.

I am never going to use it again (I used to be a happy customer for years).
Now I have the strong feeling they are close to exit in a nasty way.

Found it quite easy to use……growing and improving