Thanks. Wouldn't be a bad idea to do a series on this subject. One of the problems I encountered was finding a way on/off the platform without going through 10 people. For Euros I found an outfit that will exchange Euro for BTC direct (Bitonic.nl). I use the Armory hardware wallet, so from there I can use any exchange after that.

For anyone who wants to use Armory Wallet; keep in mind that it needs Bitcoin Core 15.1 downloaded first and this is a process that can easily take 22 hours to complete depending on your connection. Edit: Bitonic works best with the chrome browser; I couldn't get it to work properly with Firefox.