i was using bitcoinofamerica.org for couple months already but i think their fees quite high , my account is not working on the coinbase and i don't see an option to have 'buys disabled' removed due to the lack of customer service . i was going to purchase some etherium ....5% mark up - not sure if thats normal ..dont think so. i had account opened with coinbase over year ago and its been same since then , i did all verification process .
Have you ever tried to contact the customer service support of coinbase? You should settle it while you are looking for some other place to buy bitcoin.
Mostly you can buy with different exchange platform that popular, bittrex, cex.io and poloniex.
And if you want to make your transaction safe here in forum, you can find nice guy to escrow a transaction with those people that are selling their eth for btc.
