Thanks for the update. So what is the alternative? I'm in England and trying to withdraw to an English bank but it seems you have to have jump through hoops to get it done. I've sent the Coinbase support and e-mail but they say they are swamped as popularity of the site has exploded.
I've mainly used coinbase, but here is what I found via google "http://www.coindesk.com/information/buy-bitcoin-uk/". I've heard good things about "https://gemini.com/" but have never used it
Cool, thanks man I'll check these out :-)