The instant buy with paypal is pretty convenient. But I have only used it to buy, then transfer to an exchange or a wallet.
I can't help but think that email they sent out (about holding BCH until 2018) is a shitty excuse for them to short BCH for the next 2 months, and then hand it out to people after they made all the profit on it. :-/
RE: Why do people use CoinBase in the first place?